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3) King Zeno
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel and Grau
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Nine Lives" explores New Orleans through the lives of nine characters over 40 years, bracketed by two epic hurricanes. It brings back to life the doomed city, its wondrous subcultures, and the rich and colorful lives that played themselves out within its borders.
5) Ran away
Author
Series
Benjamin January mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Severn House Pub., Ltd
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Ran away. So began a score of advertisements every week in the New Orleans newspapers, advertising for slaves who'd fled their masters. But the Turk, Hüseyin Pasha, posted no such advertisement when his two lovely concubines disappeared. And when a witness proclaimed that he'd seen the 'devilish Infidel' hurl the two girls' dead bodies from his attic window on Bourbon Street, everyone in New Orleans 'knew' of the proverbial jealousy of Turks and...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This vivid collection transports readers to New Orleans, from the delights of Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street, to the quiet Bayou where lovers meet, and to fish fries on the shore of the Mississippi Sound. Alice Dunbar-Nelson focuses the struggles and joys of the Creole community in these intimate stories featuring unforgettable characters. In the title story, Manuela goes to the Wizened One for a charm when her lover strays; in "Little Miss Sophie,"...
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