Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A Texas Ranger investigates a murder whilst under suspension with the target of getting some evidence against the local white supremacist group.  As he digs into the recent events others start to emerge and he is confronted with complex family structures which are a product of the South and it's slavery / racist history. It is a good  storyline however I find the atmosphere created by the language of the South irritating, and subconsciously keep linking it with the Dukes of Hazard TV programme, diminishing the impact of this serious subject. If even half of the events accurately represent reality, then it is very easy to see why there is so much resentment in "black" culture. We appear as a society unable to let go of the past and must punish today's people for the crimes of their ancestors.


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