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The Secret History of Las Vegas

The Secret History of Las Vegas - Paperback

by Chris Abani
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chris AbaniAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-01-07Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124955ISBN-10:143124951UPC:9780143124955Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Psychological, Mystery & Detective, LiteraryAward:2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Winner - Paperback Original Award|2015 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJF88DBPM
A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and 2015 Edgar Awards winner Chris Abani

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124955ISBN-10:143124951UPC:9780143124955Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Psychological, Mystery & Detective, LiteraryAward:2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Winner - Paperback Original Award|2015 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJF88DBPM
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.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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🏆 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Winner - Paperback Original Award|2015 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction Award

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