The White LeaguePaul Blanchard's comfortable world is turned upside down when his old fraternity brother, Mark Morvant, threatens to expose the secret that Paul has been harboring for 20 years. He demands that Paul secure for him the backing of a clandestine organization caleld The White League, a group he maintains is the real power in New Orleans. As his well-ordered world begins to collapse around him, Paul struggles with the moral consequences of his own past. |
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... glass guard booth positioned underneath a high - arching shed roof . The words Louisiana State Penitentiary were displayed high above . Off to the left , a line of heavy trucks idled next to a cinder - block outbuilding , waiting to ...
... glass guard booth positioned underneath a high - arching shed roof . The words Louisiana State Penitentiary were displayed high above . Off to the left , a line of heavy trucks idled next to a cinder - block outbuilding , waiting to ...
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... glass storefronts crammed with the latest electronic gadgets . In the modern city center , dirty and generic and doomed , the Magnolia Club appeared quaint and out of place , a monument to the past , with its genteel side garden of ...
... glass storefronts crammed with the latest electronic gadgets . In the modern city center , dirty and generic and doomed , the Magnolia Club appeared quaint and out of place , a monument to the past , with its genteel side garden of ...
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... glass again . " We'll discuss the glories of the past and where it all went wrong . " " You'd find her strongly opinionated on that subject , " she said , glancing at her watch . " Hey , sorry , I gotta book . See you tomorrow , okay ...
... glass again . " We'll discuss the glories of the past and where it all went wrong . " " You'd find her strongly opinionated on that subject , " she said , glancing at her watch . " Hey , sorry , I gotta book . See you tomorrow , okay ...
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