Casino at the End of the World
Writing a book, while not as hard as perhaps digging a grave or carrying bricks, is a labor. Lots of second guessing, lots of revisions. After nearly a year and a half, I’m pleased to launch the second book of what I’ll call “My Vegas Experience” on Amazon, Casino at the End of the World.
Jarret Keene, professor at UNLV, author, and editor wrote this about it:
“There are many dull books about working in a Las Vegas casino, but none cuts to the bone like this one—dark, twisted, and Bukowski-esque. The stories of deranged and delightful interactions in the Wild Wild West are what I imagine a truly demented season of Cheers might be like, an environment where everyone wants to go even if no one remembers faces and names due to all the self-inflicted debauchery happening to everyone. Well, everyone save the poor staff who struggle to keep the ship of fools afloat in an industry that, by all rights, deserves to be sunk. It is these interactions that pump so much blood into the heart of this book, giving us searing insight into a cast of characters broken by their own addictions and pain, people doing what they can despite limited means and their hunger for oblivion.”
My man Himmel wrote this:
“Don Hall’s Casino at the End of the World is one of the best guides to Las Vegas out there. But this isn’t a guide book. This book squints past the neon then steps wholeheartedly into the fray and the filth of real desert living and dream chasing that exists beyond the city’s marketing illusions. Hall reveals the unique characters that have been a part of the Las Vegas landscape since the start—and they’ll be here long after those with too much to lose are gone. These pages are blended with humor, hard truths, and lessons for the better life we’re all after. A curious cocktail topped off with a garnish of self-reflection, which is something all of us could use as the world hears those rarely-uttered words, “Last call!”
Now available as an ebook, paperback, and hard cover, I hope you’ll drop a few bucks, read it, maybe review it on Amazon, and pass it along.