Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America

WhateverTom Piazza writes is touched with magic. Douglas BrinkleyAcclaimed author Tom Piazza follows hisprizewinning novel City of Refuge and the postKatrinaclassic Why New Orleans Matters with a dynamic collection ofessays and journalism about American music and American character, in DevilSent the Rain.TomPiazzas writing is filled with energy, and with tender, insightful words forthe brilliant and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. Time and timeagain, Piazza identifies the unlikely, precious connections between recentevents, art, letters, and music; through his words, these byways of popularculture provide an unexpected measure of the times. Elvis Costello