Devil Sent the Rain

WhateverTom Piazza writes is touched with magic. --Douglas Brinkley<p>Acclaimed author Tom Piazza follows hisprize-winning novel <em>City of Refuge</em> and the post-Katrinaclassic <em>Why New Orleans Matters</em> with a dynamic collection ofessays and journalism about American music and American character in <em>DevilSent the Rain</em>.</p><p>TomPiazza's 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</p>