The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf New_Release Beauty Is a Wound astonishes

Beauty Is a Wound astonishes from its opening line: One afternoon on a weekend in May

At odds with each other since their high school days

When a Hero escapes from his book and goes in search of his author

who remind him that his work reaches people on a deeply personal level

the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback)

The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf New_Release Beauty Is a Wound astonishesAn engrossing and exciting account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review). At large during the most colorful period in New Orleans' history, from just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the US Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the private