World's End: A Novel of New Orleans

Worlds End (first published by William Morrow) is about love corruption and retribution in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina swept much of that world away. Nostalgically bittersweet intricately plotted it works on several levels -- as a family saga a political thriller and a kind of generational noir. A compelling literary experience and a complement to the authors novel The Big Easy. New York Daily News: If tight melodrama laced with sex power grabs and corruption is your dish youll devour Worlds End with the relish of a hungry mule in a cornfield...a spellbinder. Kirkus: This Louisiana tale with its Mafia crime barons pitted against corrupt-government barons expertly lifts numerous Puzo-ian scenes and motifs - tit-for-tat violence family honor - while adding some strong local colorations and cinematic effects... theres enough action and avarice down among the bayous to make this a solid never crass or tasteless commercial entry. Philadelphia Inquirer: The teaser on the jacket flap says that James Conaways new novel will remind some readers of All the Kings Men and others of The Godfather... The good news is that its an astonishingly successful hybrid. New Orleans Times-Picayune: ... fascinating and absorbing... one of those rare you-cant-put-it-down books.