Gary Krist is a New York Times best-selling author whose latest book, Empire of Sin, is a work of historical non-fiction chronicling New Orleans in the early 1900s.
It’s a fascinating story about the battle for the modern city, played out mostly in the notorious Storyville district where prostitution and other debauchery ran rife.
During a dinner interview at the Southern-themed Acadiana restaurant in Washington, DC, Gary told me how he first got the idea for the book and the extensive research that went into it. And he chronicled the tough task of bringing an impartial voice to tell both sides of the story in his book, which is an excellent read.
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