Dream city: a novel
In this unconventional tale of Las Vegas during the two delirious boom decades before the bust of the Great Recession, failed actor "C. D." Reinhart, who has launched a new career in hotel marketing, is gradually losing his moral and existential compass. Working on The Strip during an era...
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University of Nevada Press
[2024]
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this unconventional tale of Las Vegas during the two delirious boom decades before the bust of the Great Recession, failed actor "C. D." Reinhart, who has launched a new career in hotel marketing, is gradually losing his moral and existential compass. Working on The Strip during an era when Sin City’s population growth was outpacing any other place in America, C. D. climbs the industry ladder while modeling himself after a Pyramid Resorts top executive, Lance Sheperd. C. D.’s professional choices lead him down a tumultuous road, as Sheperd, a complex and, at times, visionary figure, pilots his ventures through the tangled wheeling and dealing of finance and corporate politics straight into catastrophe |
| Beschreibung: | 343 pages 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781647791650 1647791650 |
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