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...Lasher, Rice picks up the narrative thread left hanging at the end of The Witching Hour. At the end of The Witching Hour, Rice situates the reader in present-day New Orleans after a global jaunt through time tracking the incestuous Mayfair family of witches from their roots in Scotland to the powerful, respected family living in modern day New Orleans. In the opening chapters of Lasher, the heir to the Mayfair throne--Rowan Mayfair--has been spirited away from New Orleans by the demon Lasher. The whole of the novel is then taken up in the relentless pursuit...
Thousands of visitors flocked to Harvard Square's eight annual Mayfair yesterday afternoon, roaming the streets where more than 100 artisans and cooks hawked their wares...
...recent days, laughing children are being heard again on the Mayfair playground, and parents even take their young ones out after dark. For Mayfair, help came from an unusual source: the Nation of Islam...
...Mayfair tenants made overtures to the organization at a local mosque several weeks ago, and the Muslims responded with around-the-clock patrols. Known for the fiery black nationalism preached by their leader Louis Farrakhan, the Muslims have transformed the complex. Since the appearance of the guards in their trademark sober suits and bow ties, the drug dealers have made themselves scarce...
Although the drug dealers have left Mayfair Mansions, most have merely moved next door to another housing project, called Paradise Manor. Residents there also requested help, and on Friday the Muslims went into the adjacent complex with a parade of several hundred people, including city officials and a brass band. As the Muslims marched into Paradise, Mayfair residents were pleased and thankful about the change in their community. Said Glenn French, Mayfair's property manager: "Something good has happened here...