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An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

Jun 20 2007

New Orleans Mon Amour

Posted by: Alan in Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, New Orleans, Short Takes

I vaguely remember reading, not too long before I left New Orleans in the mid–late eighties of the arrival of Andrei Codrescu, though I don’t recall hearing anything of him since and had not previously read anything he wrote. So there were the dual pleasures of discovering Codrescu and seeing Codrescu discover N’awlins. The included essays were written over a 20 year period or so and thus cover the author’s becoming a New Orleanian. Most of the pieces are of a very short form written as weekly newspaper column and even the longer pieces are still fairly short and for the volume of it, you’d think this would be a quick read, but it isn’t. I found many of the stories required savoring and digesting and in the end they proved just too rich and filling to have more than two or three at a sitting. Recommended.

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New Orleans Mon Amour

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