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Archive for September, 2004

Book Review: Sharks in the Desert

Sharks in the Desert: The Founding Fathers and Current Kings of Las Vegas
by John L. Smith

Irresistible. That’s the one-word last sentence of Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith’s latest book, Sharks in the Desert. And no, I didn’t read it first. I started at the beginning, and then munched my way through every word, just the way you’d eat a large box of popcorn. And when I got to “Irresistible,” I smiled. That’s how the book was. From Bugsy Siegel to George Maloof, I couldn’t have stopped reading even if I had wanted to. Sharks in the Desert is a book you can’t help devouring to the last kernel, and even then, it tastes like more…

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