Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder That Rocked New Orleans by Ethan BrownMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
As a true crime and Crescent City fan, there are two basics to what I like about the investigation here: named French Quarter streets and pre-Katrina locations that I can picture in my mind from being there as well as a crime that few rise above in horrendous-ness, maybe not even that chronicled in Beyond Bad. Books directly mentioned and relevant include The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Disaster Capitalism because this is also about the Katrina, post-Katrina holdouts like the subject couple, and the post-Katrina murder wave. PTSD and the similarities to fallen Baghdad and post-Katrina New Orleans. The author strives for a balanced picture of the unhinged veteran and largely succeeds.
In this audiobook, narrator James Avery delivers a pitch-perfect performance in something between natural and hip that makes me feel the entire story is being related by an avid regular at The Spotted Cat on Frenchmen Street in Marigny.
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