Based on the first-hand experiences of the author during Hurricane Katrina, "Baton Rouge Death March" is a fast paced roman a clef. New Orleans was Putnam's home from 1999 until 2011 and he wrote this novel two weeks after the storm in a cheerful hotel room paid for by the Red Cross. The story follows flawed lovers Jack and Elsa, protagonists in a passion play of survival, set in the chaotic aftermath wrought by the most destructive hurricane to hit an American city in a century. Clothed in the cheap rags of pedestrian concerns, accessorized with vulgar dialogue, the novel's costume does what...