Bibliograph

Paradise, Nevada, (this town wasn't built on winners), Dario Diofebi

Type

Label

Paradise, Nevada, (this town wasn't built on winners), Dario Diofebi

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Paradise, Nevada

Oclc number

1243067432

Responsibility statement

Dario Diofebi

Sub title

(this town wasn't built on winners)

Summary

"On Friday, May 1st, 2015 a bomb detonates in the infamous Positano Luxury Resort and Casino, a mammoth hotel (and exact replica of the Amalfi coast) on the Las Vegas Strip. Six months prior, a crop of strivers converge on the desert city, attempting to make a home amidst the dizzying lights: Ray, a mathematically-minded high stakes professional poker player; Mary Ann, a clinically depressed cocktail waitress; Tom, a tourist from the working class suburbs of Rome, Italy; and Lindsay, a Mormon journalist for the Las Vegas Sun who dreams of a literary career. By chance and by design, they find themselves caught up in backroom schemes for personal and political power, and are thrown into the deep end of an even bigger fight for the soul of the paradoxical town. A furiously rowdy and ricocheting saga about poker, happiness, class, and selflessness, Paradise, Nevada is a panoramic tour of America in miniature, a vertiginously beautiful systems novel where the bloody battles of neo-liberalism, immigration, labor, and family rage underneath Las Vegas' beguiling and strangely benevolent light. This exuberant debut marks the beginning of a significant career." -- jacket flap

Target audience

adult

Creator