Empire of sin
Book • 2015
Empire of Sin chronicles New Orleans' thirty-year struggle against itself, focusing on Tom Anderson, the czar of the Storyville vice district.
The book explores the city's unique cultural landscape, marked by commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime, as it navigates a period of moral reform and transformation.
Krist's narrative weaves together stories of prostitutes, moral reformers, jazz musicians, Mafiosi, politicians, and a serial killer, all vying for power in a city unlike any other.
The book explores the city's unique cultural landscape, marked by commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime, as it navigates a period of moral reform and transformation.
Krist's narrative weaves together stories of prostitutes, moral reformers, jazz musicians, Mafiosi, politicians, and a serial killer, all vying for power in a city unlike any other.
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