{"product_id":"the-last-madam-a-life-in-the-new-orleans-underworld-paperback","title":"The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Wiltz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incredible life of French Quarter legend Norma Wallace -- and a portrait of an era in New Orleans history rife with charm and decadence (\"Wonderful. . . admirably recreates a slice of a life otherwise devoured by time\" -- Michael Lewis, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. Shortly before she died in 1974, she tape-recorded her memories-the scandalous stories of a powerful woman who had the city's politicians in her pocket and whose lovers included the twenty-five-year-old boy next door, whom she married when she was sixty-four. Combining those tapes with original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles not just Norma's rise and fall but also the social history of New Orleans, thick with the vice and corruption that flourished there-and, like \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilistines at the Hedgerow, \u003c\/i\u003e resurrects a vanished secret world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Wiltz\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of New Orleans, is the author of five novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Circle, A Diamond Before You Die\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Emerald Lizard\u003c\/i\u003e, all set in New Orleans and featuring Irish Channel detective Neal Rafferty. Wiltz's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Glass House\u003c\/i\u003e was praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"unflinchingly honest\" and a book that \"needs to be read on both sides of Convent Street.\" She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. She's been a writer in residence and adjunct professor at both Tulane and Loyola Universities. Wiltz lives in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.99 x 5.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978821271853,"sku":"9780306810121","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MFZuOVZDWkFTVDI1cXVnUy9xT0RQUT09.webp?v=1775810491","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-last-madam-a-life-in-the-new-orleans-underworld-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}