Ellis Henican, a Newsday columnist and Fox News commentator, had this to say about Poppas in his Sunday column:

HOMIE PLUG: If Sean Penn's Willie Stark in All the King's Men leaves you craving a more authentic taste of Bayou bluster, try Last of the Red Hot Poppas. The hilariously twisted new novel from New Orleans native Jason Berry is a far more knowing take on the tragicomedy that is Louisiana politics.

Right on. Jason is reading at LSU this Thursday at 7. We're teaming up with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network on this one. More on them in a later post.