Speakeasies, Crime & Redemption in The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau
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Join me as I chat with Nancy Bilyeau, author of several arts-inspired novels on Art In Fiction, including The Orchid Hour about a speakeasy in 1923 Jazz-Age New York and listed in the Theater category on Art In Fiction.
View the Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CvIYJYb-PfQ
Highlights include:
Why Nancy set her latest novel in Prohibition-era New York
The role played by the Italian American immigrant community in the novel
Researching organized crime in Jazz-Age New York
Real speakeasies and the fictional Orchid Hour speakeasy
Liberation of women in the 1920s
Greenwich…
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