These Are the Best Novels Set in Las Vegas
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These are the best novels set in Las Vegas. Las Las Vega has all the elements of a good story. It's the city where all of your dreams can come true with the right pair of dice.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of the most famous novels set in the city. It inspired a film of same name with Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. Hunter S. Thompson's novel follows a Chicano activist and a journalist who travel to Las Las to write a photo caption for the annual Mint 400 desert race. They end up in a drug-hazed journey where they destroy hotel rooms and get high on psychedelic drugs.
Joe McGinniss Jr's first novel is The Delivery Man. It follows the lives of three friends, Chase, Michele, and Bailey, that had grown up together in Las Vegas off the strip. Chase wants to become a successful painter and leave Las Las for good, but he is tempted by his friend Michele to enter the dangerous but profitable call-girl service.
Beautiful Children is a debut by Charles Bock that won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction in 2009. The book follows four characters in Las Vegas.
