Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder and the battle for New Orleans
Krist, Gary2014
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'Empire of Sin' is the vibrant account of New Orleans in the early 1920s: a remarkable story of the city's thirty-years civil war, which pitted the elite against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. At its centre is Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact. Surrounding him are flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy.
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Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2014.
Collation:
413 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445644547 (hbk)
Dewey class:
976.335062
Language:
English
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BRN:
1088054