Sal Perricone, a former federal prosecutor for New Orleans, will discuss his newest novel, "Cobblestones: A New Orleans Tragedy," at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie.

The novel follows Antonio, a young man fleeing Sicily after avenging his father's murder. He embarks on a harrowing journey to New Orleans with the help of Jesuit priests, but the promise of a fresh start sours as he becomes entangled in a clash of cultures, corruption and crime.

Perricone notes that in the late 19th century, Italian immigrants in New Orleans faced hostility, exploitation, and a brutal system of indentured servitude. Antonio becomes a witness to history as a bitter feud over the docks spirals into violence, culminating in the assassination of Irish police chi

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