Gary Krist. (2014). Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. Crown.

Gary Krist. 2014. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. Crown.

Gary Krist, Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. Crown, 2014.

Gary Krist. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. Crown, 2014.

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   • bioText: GARY KRIST has written for the New York Times, Esquire, Salon, the Washington Post Book World, and elsewhere. He is the author of the bestselling Empire of Sin, City of Scoundrels, and the acclaimed The White Cascade, as well as several works of fiction. He has been the recipient of the Stephen Crane Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for Travel Journalism, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City
 
     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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   • source: Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review
   • content: "[A] well-reported and colorful tale of jazz, sex, crime, and corruption. I can attest, as a native of New Orleans, that in Empire of Sin [Krist] has captured the flavors and class nuances of the town. And his interwoven storylines, intentional or not, evoke a piece of jazz."
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   • source: Wall Street Journal
   • content: "[G]rander in scope and scale...an absorbing history with a body count...Politics, vice and culture are inextricable elements of the whole, and he covers them all with equal skill and devotion... Mr. Krist can turn a phrase with the best. He also allows his characters and sources plenty of opportunity to speak, with the result a delightful conversation. The remainder of Storyville's tale...provides ample fodder for Mr. Krist's talent as a storyteller and strength as a researcher. He has written the authoritative account of a raucous American experiment."
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   • source: Karen Abbot, author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
   • content: "Empire of Sin had me at the subtitle--who could resist a tale that promises sex, jazz and murder in New Orleans?--and the (true) narrative brilliantly delivers. Mr. Krist guides us through a deliciously ribald time in Crescent City history, from the end of the Gilded Age to the dawn of Prohibition, when the city's elite battled its prodigious and flamboyant underworld."
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   • source: Chicago Tribune
   • content: "Wide-reaching, vividly drawn...Empire of Sin is Krist's meticulously researched, mesmerizing account of New Orleans' outsized vice wars. The book itself is a masterful sleight-of-hand...Moving between parallel narratives, Krist simultaneously -- and elegantly -- layers more than 30 years of sharply drawn Crescent City social history. It's a backdrop as lush and intricate as a Mardi Gras Ball tableaux vivant -- a raucous living portrait...Krist finesses this -- lifting data and record to poetry -- by procuring specific, redolent details from centuries-old documents...and from them the swirl of frontier New Orleans slides into view. Krist's expansive exploration of the decadeslong battle for New Orleans' soul in the end celebrates New Orleans' character, its essence: the city's long history of defiance and resilience; its ability to pivot in the midst of disaster. Empire of Sin isn't simply the story of how New Orleans came to be, but rather how New Orleans came to learn to fight."
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   • source: The Seattle Times
   • content: "[I]n Gary Krist's well-researched account of New Orleans' turn-of-the-century underworld, there is no mistaking his affection for the ribald and rowdy...Krist is an enthusiastic raconteur of the forgotten. He tears through diaries and old newspapers, bringing fleshy life to what might otherwise dissolve into sepia."
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   • source: The Independent (UK)
   • content: "[E]xpertly described...a fascinating and colourful saga that, in the skilful hands of Krist, reads almost like a E L Doctorow novel and invites us all to take a trip 'way down yonder'."
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   • source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
   • content: "Gary Krist presents a thrilling tableau."
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   • source: Dallas Morning News
   • content: "Nobody writes about decadence and disaster like Gary Krist...Krist, a superb writer of fiction as well as popular history, has re-created a time and place that we'll never see again. Empire of Sin is packed with enough color, atmosphere and decadence to fill years of miniseries. You can almost hear Sidney Bechet's clarinet and Louis Armstrong's cornet floating through the pages."
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   • source: St. Louis Post Dispatch
   • content: "New Orleans' venal turn-of-the-century past has gotten a book worthy of the rich material in Gary Krist's Empire of Sin...Krist is masterful at presenting the material, is meticulous about sourcing."
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    • source: Boston Globe
    • content: "Unsolved mysteries, murderers on the loose, and the seamy side of the big city: It's a juicy recipe for a story...a ton of lurid color and character...vivid and thoughtful."
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    • source: American Scholar
    • content: "Krist deftly weaves Anderson's rise and fall into a much broader tale involving race relations, prostitution, jazz, and the underworld of Italian immigrants...What keeps it going are well-crafted vignettes and deftly rendered character profiles, in which reformers aren't necessarily holy, and their targets are often possessed of considerable charm."
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    • source: New Orleans Times Picayune, 50 Fall Events Not to Miss
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      February 23, 2015
      This well-researched book captures an exciting chapter in the history of Louisiana’s most vibrant city. During the late Victorian era, New Orleans reformers hoped to confine the city’s notorious vices to one officially sanctioned district, Storyville, in order to protect the wealthier neighborhoods from seediness. Brothers, saloons, and jazz halls filled the lively, violent neighborhood, from which larger-than-life figures emerged, such as Tom Anderson, the “major of Storyville,” jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton, and the “Axeman of New Orleans,” a serial killer with a penchant for grocers. Narrator Dean excels in delivering this rich look at the birth of New Orleans and the struggle over its morality. His voice, a deep clear baritone, delivers the countless stories of shootings, seductions, and crime lords with enough solemnity to underscore the historical evolution of the city, but inflects the perfect touch of wryness while relaying the scandalous events and outrageous characters. An entertaining, educational listen. A Crown hardcover.

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      October 1, 2014
      

      This engaging work covers the brief and exciting history of Storyville, an 18-block area of New Orleans where the city's brothels, bars, and nightclubs thrived in the early 20th century with the tacit approval of city leaders. Krist (City of Scoundrels) delivers on his lurid subtitle with stories of the flourishing sex industry, the birth of jazz in New Orleans, and the unsolved case of the "Axman," a serial killer who may or may not have been tied to the "Black Hand," an early version of the Italian Mafia. Prominent local figures emerge throughout the book, including Tom Anderson, the Irish bar owner who was known as the "Mayor of Storyville"; Josie Arlington, a successful madam who struggled to hide her occupation from her devoted niece; and a young Louis Armstrong, who began his musical career in the Colored Waif's Home for Boys. These histories are loosely related, tied together primarily by their setting and by the decades-long and ultimately successful struggle by local reformers trying to clean up the city. VERDICT Highly recommended for readers interested in New Orleans and also for those looking for a readable collection of true stories from one of America's most fascinating metropolises. [See Prepub Alert, 5/4/14.]--Nicholas Graham, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     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...

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