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Books & Movies

Book Pick: Dark Eye

Set in Las Vegas, this thriller centers around a serial killer who thinks he’s a cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Jesus Christ. The other main character is a Las Vegas cop with intuitive powers…

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Book Pick: Tickled Pink

In Tickled Pink, Rita Rudner provides an insider’s look at the world of stand-up comedy through the adventures of Mindy Solomon, who embarks on a career as a comedian in New York

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Book Pick: Naked Beneath My Clothes

A collection of short, mostly autobiographical essays, Naked Beneath My Clothes serves up more than the the stand-up material for which Rita Rudner is so deservedly admired. Topics range from pregnancy and going through a tax audit to marriage proposals…

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Book Pick: Sock

Yes, he’s the one who does all the talking on stage, but did you know Penn Jillette can write, too? In his debut novel, a thriller written from the point of view of the main character’s sock monkey…

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Book Review: When the Mob Ran Vegas

When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem, and Murder
by Steve Fischer

One unexpected but delightful feature about moving to Las Vegas is meeting the locals. Even if they’ve only been here a decade, they have stories about the good old years to tell — like back in 1998 when the Bellagio opened. Better still are the folks who’ve spent a lifetime here, and still remember watching the original Ocean’s Eleven being filmed on the Strip or seeing Liberace at Carluccio’s before he was a ghost…

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