简介：FourteenmonthshavepassedsinceHurricaneKatrina,butresidentsoftheCrescentCityarefindingitharderthanevertorebuildtheirlives,muchlessholdontotheiruniqueculturalidentity.Somehavebecomeexpatriatesindistantcities.TheinsurancechecksthatneverarrivedforhomeownerswerefollowedbythebureaucraticnightmarethatwastheRoadHomeprogram,andaland-grabisunderwayasdevelopersanddisastercapitalistspresstheiradvantage.Crimeanddruguseareup,andcorruptionandgraftareendemic,withcivicinstitutionsunabletocounteranyofit.AndyetthecultureofNewOrleanssomehowendures.