{"product_id":"9781398715509-flags-on-the-bayou","title":"Flags on the Bayou","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Civil War thriller shot through with Southern Gothic, from the godfather of Southern noir James Lee Burke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1863, the Union Army controls the Mississippi River and much of Louisiana, as the Civil War rolls on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWade Lufkin is a man without a country or a cause - an idle spectator since New Orleans surrendered, he now paints at his uncle's plantation. That is until he finds an intriguing new subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannah Laveau is an enslaved woman who stands accused of everything from adultery to insurrection, from magic to murder. But all she wants is to find her missing son - and she will risk her life for it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Hannah goes on the run, she must dodge the calculating and merciless local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayou as she flees through Louisiana, from the cottonmouth snakes and tree-lined swamps to the dingy saloons of New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e From 'the king of Southern noir' (\u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a powerful and deeply moving Civil War thriller - a story of tragic acts of war, lost and desperate people, and love enduring through it all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed'\u003cb\u003e Michael Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gorgeous prose stylist' \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40874012541025,"sku":"9781398715509","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_14566308_jpg.jpg?v=1705550438","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398715509-flags-on-the-bayou","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}