Blog: largehearted boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. With The Sound of Building Coffins , Louis Maistros has crafted a wonderfully complex tale of New Orleans filled with magical realism. In an earlier review of the book I wrote: "Louis Maistros's novel, The Sound of Building Coffins , brings turn of the century New Orleans to life. Maistros masterfully interweaves tales of voodoo, hurricanes, the birth of jazz, and even demonic [...]