Empire of Sin

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Release Date: 10/28/2014
Publisher: Random House
Classification: Nonfiction
Classification: Nonfiction
Series: N/A
Language: English
Format: Unabridged edition
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Author: Gary Krist
Read by: Robertson Dean
Duration: 648 minutes
Run Time: 648 minutes
Language: English
Language: English
Audio Library Digital - 9781633793255
Audio Retail Digital - 9781633793262
9 Audio CD(s) - 9781633793231
2 Audio MP3 CD(s) - 9781633793279
Playaway - 9781633793286

Empire of Sin

By Gary Krist

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, History

Audio Library Digital

12/09/2014

648 minutes

9781633793255

Audio Retail Digital

12/09/2014

648 minutes

9781633793262

Audio CD

12/09/2014

9 Audio CD

648 minutes

9781633793231

Audio MP3 CD

12/09/2014

2 Audio MP3 CD

648 minutes

9781633793279

Playaway

12/09/2014

648 minutes

9781633793286

Description:

Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite 'better half' against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world.

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Focusing on the battle for (and against) morality in 'the Sodom of the South' from the 1890s to the early 20th century, Krist's hard-to-put-down read recounts a volatile time for vice in a town built on it., Where New Orleans

Starred review. [A] rich, well-structured story more vivid and twist-filled than most crime fiction...Armed with both well-placed primary sources and an addictive, climactic narrative, Krist leads a perfect trip into the short-lived societal experiment aptly named 'Storyville.', Publishers Weekly

Top 10 Editors' Picks BEA 2014. In the vein of Erik Larson's best seller The Devil in the White City, Gary Krist's expose of New Orleans at the turn of the century...proves that truth really is stranger than fiction by detailing the prominent figures within Storyville, the Crescent City's red-light district...Fans of Boardwalk Empire would enjoy this crime thriller as well., Library Journal

A colorful account...richly detailed...lively...A wild, well-told tale., Kirkus

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