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The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel
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The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel Paperback - 2014

by Abani, Chris

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  • Title The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel
  • Author Abani, Chris
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books
  • Date 2014-01-07
  • Features Deckle Edges, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 531ZZZ00NJJU_ns
  • ISBN 9780143124955 / 0143124951
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013033496
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he’s sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil’s own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin.

Suspenseful through the last page, The Secret History of Las Vegas is Chris Abani’s most accomplished work to date, with his trademark visionary prose and a striking compassion for the inner lives of outsiders.

From the publisher

Chris Abani is the acclaimed author of GraceLand and The Virgin of Flames. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hemingway/PEN Prize, the PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the Hurston Wright Award, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, among many honors. Born in Nigeria, he is currently a Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/2013, Page 29
  • Ebony, 12/01/2013, Page 39
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2014, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2014, Page 90
  • New York Times Book Review, 01/26/2014, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/25/2013, Page 0

About the author

Chris Abani is the acclaimed author of GraceLand and The Virgin of Flames. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hemingway/PEN Prize, the PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the Hurston Wright Award, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, among many honors. Born in Nigeria, he is currently a Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago.