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  2. New Orleans in fiction - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans has served as the backdrop for a number of films with iconic turns in films such as Gone With the Wind (1939), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Little New Orleans Girl (1956), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Live and Let Die (1973), Little New Orleans Girl (1978), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Little New Orleans Girl (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and The ...

  3. Pelican Publishing Company - Wikipedia

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    Pelican Publishing Company is a book publisher based in Elmwood, Louisiana, with a New Orleans postal address. [1] It was acquired in 2019 by Arcadia Publishing, a leading publisher of local and regional content in the United States. [2] Pelican publishes approximately 60 titles per year and maintains a backlist of over 2,500 books. [3]

  4. Dave Robicheaux - Wikipedia

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    A former homicide detective in the New Orleans Police Department, Robicheaux, lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, and works as a detective for the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. He is a recovering alcoholic [ 1 ] whose demons stem from his service as a U.S. Army lieutenant in the Vietnam War [ 2 ] and his impoverished, difficult childhood in rural ...

  5. Category:Novels set in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Novels set in New Orleans" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Addie Pray;

  6. A Confederacy of Dunces - Wikipedia

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    Canal Street, New Orleans in the late 1950s; the D. H. Holmes store at right A "Lucky Dogs" cart from the era of the novel. The book is famous for its rich depiction of New Orleans and the city's dialects, including Yat. [8] [9] Many locals and writers think that it is the best and most accurate depiction of the city in a work of fiction. [10]

  7. The Feast of All Saints (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The novel takes place in the 1840s, at which time there was a large population of free people of color living in New Orleans. The story centers on Marcel, a young man who has one white parent and one parent who is half white and half black.

  8. Lives of the Mayfair Witches - Wikipedia

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    Rowan gradually realizes that she has the psychic power to either save or take lives. Michael drowns but she revives him, the near-death experience triggering a new and unwanted clairvoyant ability within him. Michael and Rowan fall in love, and when he decides to return to New Orleans, she follows him to learn the secrets of her past.

  9. Benjamin January mysteries - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin January mysteries is a series of historical murder mystery novels by Barbara Hambly.The series is named after the main character of the books. The Benjamin January mysteries are set in and around New Orleans during the 1830s and 1840s, and focus primarily on the free black community which existed at that time and place.

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