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Title: Great tale in a great city, get the look&feel of NOLA here
Review: My first visit to NOLA. Stopped at Faulkner House, a bookstore in the French Quarter and asked for a fiction book that takes place in NOLA. I bought Mystic Pig on their recommendation and I am delighted.The story is told by two narratives, a 40-something FQ restauranteur and a 12-year-old boy who is very bright. The two narratives happen at the same time but only cross paths at two points. Yet both narrators are on paths of self-discovery, deeply affected by the death of a poet, known to each, who becomes the catalyst for both.Along the way, the city and some of its recipes moves the tale forward. The cooking was a delight. The descriptions of how NOLA works knitted together the atmosphere of NOLA that I experienced when I was there.This is a special read that you won't want to put down 'til the end, wish that it would go on, and will want to take with you on your next visit to NOLA... ENJOY!
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