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(More customer reviews)Sorry, I could not resist the temptation to use the analogy since the author / publisher uses the word trailer in the description. Yes, this book is not about the Caesar's palace or the night clubs or the strip, but it's really not about Las Vegas either. the description of the dark side and weekly motels could apply to the poor areas of any major city - from south side chicago to Harlem to south of market in San francisco. I was looking for some insights into the behind the scene story of Las Vegas, but all I get is details of ex-cons, homeless and prostitutes which is similar, no make it same no matter which metro you go to.
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A savage journey into the heart of Hunter S. Thompson's Las Vegas with the Good Doctor as tour guide. A Lord-of-the-Rings-like adventure in the city's underground flood channels. A seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont Street. The stories in My Week at the Blue Angel aren't about Steve Wynn, Cirque du Soleil, or how to play poker, and they aren't set in Caesars Palace, XS Nightclub, or a 2,000-seat showroom. They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless, and they're set under Caesars Palace and in trailer parks and weekly motels. In this creative nonfiction collection, Matthew O'Brien--author of Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas--and veteran photographer Bill Hughes show a side of the city rarely seen. A side beyond the neon lights, themed facades, and motel-room doors. A side beyond the barbwire fences, No Trespassing signs, and midnight shadows.
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