Paradise, Nevada
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
ISBN
9781635576207, 1635576202
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC DIOFEBI D. | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Diofebi, Dario | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Fiction | DIOFEBI | On Shelf |
Bloomingdale Public Library - Fiction | F DIO | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION DIOFEBI, D. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781635576207, 1635576202
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Description
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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diofebi, D. (2021). Paradise, Nevada . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diofebi, Dario, 1987-. 2021. Paradise, Nevada. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diofebi, Dario, 1987-. Paradise, Nevada Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diofebi, Dario. Paradise, Nevada Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
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