Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it.

“I wished I had a friend in the Quarter, someone like Charlotte. Someone I could…”

“People I didn't know formed a circle around me, sheltering me from view. They e…”

“They got everything money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but they ain't …”

“If I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise …”