In this Book
- The Snare
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University Press of Mississippi
- Series: Banner Books Series
It is well known that New Orleans has its dark underside as well as its glowing visible delights. The journey that Julia Garrett, an intelligent, attractive, but psychically driven girl, makes through the city's hidden labyrinth shapes the movement of this riveting novel. In crisscrossing the city from the secure world of home in the Garden District to the titillating world of the Vieux Carré, Julia risks physical and psychological peril. As she explores life on the other side, she becomes engulfed in the vortex of evil.
In The Snare, one of America's most highly acclaimed fiction writers explores the mystery of place and the mystifying duality of the human wish, with its desire for both dark and light. The book masterfully evokes the ineffable sense of excitement aroused by the sinister, exotic beauty of New Orleans and the men and women who inhabit its fecund streets.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxi
- Part I
- 1. THE SQUIREMEISTER PARTY
- pp. 3-14
- 2. THE TOUCHSTONE
- pp. 15-29
- 3. THE UNHOLY VISIT
- pp. 30-47
- 4. MAURICE DEVIGNY
- pp. 48-57
- 5. THE SECOND ADDRESS
- pp. 58-65
- 6. THE MISSES MULLIGAN
- pp. 66-71
- 7. CONVERSATION IN A DRUGSTORE
- pp. 72-80
- 8. THE MARNIE CASE
- pp. 81-84
- 9. A REAPPEARANCE
- pp. 85-91
- 10. THE TRIAL
- pp. 92-95
- 11. THE TRIAL CONTINUES
- pp. 96-101
- 12. THE TRIAL RESUMES
- pp. 102-109
- 13. AFTERMATH
- pp. 110-113
- 15. DIVERGENCE
- pp. 119-123
- 16. MAURICE
- pp. 124-132
- 17. ISABEL
- pp. 133-134
- 18. THE SEARCHER
- pp. 135-137
- 19. CUL-DE-SAC
- pp. 138-150
- 20. REMAINS
- pp. 151-157
- The In-Between Time
- 1. OLD RELATIONS
- pp. 161-169
- 2. THE MAN IN HER LIFE
- pp. 170-182
- 3. THE OLD MAN
- pp. 183-188
- 4. JULIA WRITING
- pp. 189-193
- 5. JULIA THINKING
- pp. 194-200
- 6. MISTRESS AND WIFE
- pp. 201-207
- 7. REFLECTION AND DECISION
- pp. 208-215
- Part II
- 1. A RETURN
- pp. 219-238
- 2. THEY KEEP COMING
- pp. 239-243
- 3. THE COURSE
- pp. 244-247
- 4. A CALL TO ARMS
- pp. 248-253
- 5. EXCHANGE
- p. 254
- 6. SURVIVING
- pp. 255-259
- 7. SURVIVING (Continued)
- pp. 260-262
- 8. MARNIE'S RETURN
- pp. 263-266
- 9. THE NET
- pp. 267-278
- 10. HOTEL CROYDON
- pp. 279-281
- 11. AUDUBON PLACE
- pp. 282-285
- 12. AND JAKE
- pp. 286-297
- 13. AND MUSIC AGAIN
- pp. 298-302
- 14. MARKING TIME
- pp. 303-312
- 15. OPEN DOOR
- pp. 313-331
- 16. POINT OF CONTACT
- pp. 332-340
- 17. WEEKEND
- pp. 341-356
- Battle
- 2. THEIR SEASON
- pp. 372-375
- 3. NIGHT VISITOR
- pp. 376-384
- 4. THE STRAY
- pp. 385-391
- 6. TREASURE
- pp. 397-407