Book description
"Branching across every genre, from mystery and romance to flash fiction and prose poetry, this anthology of works by preeminent writers on the heart of New Orleans features a previously unpublished story by Tennessee Williams, as well as stories by Richard Ford, Ellen Gilchrist, Robert Olen Butler, Andrei Codrescu, Barry…
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Why read it?
1 author picked French Quarter Fiction as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
No matter where I visit, I always try to buy a book about the town.
I never come home from a trip to New Orleans with one. It doesn’t matter whether it’s non-fiction or fiction, novels or short stories. French Quarter Fiction is a collection of short stories featuring my favorite part of the city, The French Quarter.
The variety of authors and stories is incredible and features such different views and aspects of this amazing neighborhood.
From Jen's list on The best books to get to know mysterious New Orleans.
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