Blogs in January 1970

Why New Orleans Matters 1st January 1970

This book is a loving tribute, rich with detail, to the city, passionate on many fronts about why New Orleans is such an important city: whether the way of life, the music, with chapters each on food, music, the...

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Arkansas 1st January 1970

“Arkansas” is a biting first novel full of wet T-shirt contests, illicit drugs, and cross-country road trips. There are the days: the dappled grounds, the aimless yardwork, the hours in the booth giving directions to families in SUVs. And...

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Tequila Sunset 1st January 1970

El Paso and Ciudad Juárez sit across the Texas / Mexico border from each other. They share streets, share industry, share crime. One gang claims territory in both: Los Aztecas. This single criminal organisation is responsible for most of...

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 1st January 1970

Fictional town Amos, Mississippi, is a quiet town. Silas Jones is its sole law enforcement officer. The last excitement here was nearly twenty years ago, when a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas’s one-time boyhood...

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The Tin Roof Blowdown 1st January 1970

New Orleans is awash with corpses after Hurricane Katrina unleashes its awesome power. In a city patrolled only by looters, all law and order gone, the survivors wait in trees or on rooftops for help that never comes. In...

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