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Literary Las Vegas
By Mike Tronnes (editor)
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358 Pages, Trade Paperback
Cover Size: 6 x 8 inches
Henry Holt
Related listings: Nevada: Travel, Geography and Politics
Date: 1993
ISBN: 0-8050-3670-9
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 12/15/96
(Revised 12/96)
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This is a sampler of the best writing about the world's most
"fabulous" (i.e. absurd) city. "Las Vegas has always been
a magnet for great writers, drawn to the city for the
inspiration of its symbols and characters, and for what it
says about us and our society. It doesn't matter if a writer
views the town as a cesspool for the crass or a pleasure
palace for the masses, this neon outpost and its denizens
provide plenty to spark the imagination."
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From the Book Cover
Elvis. Wayne. Bugsy. Siegfried and Roy. Mobsters. Atomic testing.
Showgirls. Glitter Gulch. Howard Hughes. High
rollers and low rollers. Casinos. Frank, Sammy, and Dino. All give
Las Vegas a special aura that has inspired the
imaginations of many great writers.
Literary Las Vegas brings together the best writings from this
neon outpost in the desert. Ranging from the
hilarious to the tragic, these pieces provide what Nick Tosches calls
a "Baedecker to the bizarre, a Virgil in shades,
not only to the holy city but to the off-the-rack soul that we, one
nation under Frankie's toup, so strangely and so
fatally share." Incisive, entertaining, and highly readable, Literary
Las Vegas creates a unique anecdotal
history about this one-of-a-kind place.
FEATURING
TOM WOLFE
DANIEL LANG
JANE O'REILLY
JOHN GREGORY DUNNE
A. ALVAREZ
ROBERT ALAN AURTHUR
SUSAN BERMAN
KATHARINE BEST AND
KATHARINE HILLYER
A. J. LIEBLING
MICHAEL HERR
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
J. RANDALL PRIOR
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JOAN DIDION
MICHAEL VENTURA
ALBERT GOLDMAN
NOEL COWARD
PHYLLIS BARBER
ALAN RICHMAN
RICHARD MELTZER
JIM SLOAN
MERRILL MARKOE
FAITH FANCHER AND
WILLIAM J. DRUMMOND
EDWARD ALLEN
MARC COOPER
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK TOSCHES
As the advertising director for the Utne Reader in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
MIKE TRONNIES has attended countless
conventions in Las Vegas. He has found that reading about Las Vegas
can be even more fun and much less expensive than
the real thing.
Table of Contents
| Mike Tronnes | Preface |
| Nick Tosches | Introduction: The Holy City |
| Tom Wolfe | Las Vegas (What?) Las Vegas (Can't hear
you! Too noisy) Las Vegas!!!! |
| Daniel Lang | Blackjack and Flashes |
| Jane O'Reilly | In Las Vegas: Working Hard for the
Money |
| John Gregory Dunne | From Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark
Season |
| A. Alvarez | From The Biggest Game in Town |
| Robert Alan Arthur | Hanging Out |
| Susan Berman | From Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter |
Katharine Best and
Katharine Hillyer | Fanciful
Press Agentry |
| A. J. Liebling | Dressed in Dynamite |
| Michael Herr | From The Big Room |
| Hunter S. Thompson | From Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas |
| J. Randall Prior | Casino Queen |
| Joan Didion | Marrying Absurd |
| Michael Ventura | Las Vegas: The Odds on Anything |
| Albert Goldman | From Elvis: Revival at Las Vegas |
| Noel Coward | From The Noel Coward Diaries: "Nescafe
Society" |
| Phyllis Barber | From How I Got Cultured: A Nevada
Memoir |
| Alan Richman | Lost Vegas |
| Richard Meltzer | Who'll Stop the Wayne? |
| Jim Sloan | From Nevada: True Tales from the Neon Wilderness
"Melvin and Howard": A Nevada Fairy
Tale |
| Merrill Markoe | Viva Las Wine Goddesses! |
Faith Fancher and
William J. Drummond | Jim Crow
for Black Performers |
| Edward Allen | Penny Ante |
| Marc Cooper | Searching for Sin City and Finding Disney
in the Desert |
| Notes on the Contributors |
| Acknowledgments |
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