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re: Fiction set in South Louisiana suggestions
Posted on 1/30/18 at 6:37 pm to BordyLSU
Posted on 1/30/18 at 6:37 pm to BordyLSU
Try In The Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White. It's technically a memoir but reads like fiction. It's about a magazine publisher from (I think) Gulfport that starts kiting checks to keep his business going and gets convicted of bank fraud. He"s sent to the federal prison at Carville, Louisiana which was housed in the same facility as the last remaining leper colony in the U.S. It's a good book and a fast read.
And, I join in those above who recommended Anne Rice. She can be inconsistent but when she is on (particularly in the first two or three Vampire books) her writing transcends genre and is as good as any.
And, I join in those above who recommended Anne Rice. She can be inconsistent but when she is on (particularly in the first two or three Vampire books) her writing transcends genre and is as good as any.
This post was edited on 1/30/18 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:45 pm to Methuselah
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And, I join in those above who recommended Anne Rice. She can be inconsistent but when she is on (particularly in the first two or three Vampire books) her writing transcends genre and is as good as any.
As much as I love her vampire chronicles, her Mayfair writings are brutally vivid. And far more indicative of high society New Orleans than people realize. Not the occult aspect mind you (though it is present), but the attitudes and wealth located behind those high hedges.
If you don't mind the homosexual nature of her son's books, Christopher rice is equally gifted.
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