“I watched men win and I watched them lose. They were playing a straight house. Nothing was loaded. The house took its own little percentage and got rich. Money made in bootlegging and gunrunning and dope smuggling and whoremongering was invested quite properly in an entire town that stood as a monument to human stupidity, a boomtown in the state with the sparsest population and the densest people in the country. Vegas.”
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Lawrence Block, born on June 24, 1938, is a renowned American writer known for his crime novels. His works span a variety of genres, including mystery and suspense, and are characterized by their unique style and popularity among readers. more
“There's the Vegas you think you know, and then there's this!”
“Over a year later and the chemistry was still as powerful as ever.”
“Dragos leaned forward and told her, “You are the best lying non-liar I have ever met.”