Tag: Las Vegas

The agent picked up his phone? “Yes?” he said. “It’s me,” said the editor. “Did you get it?” “Oh, yes,” he sighed, pulling up the email on his laptop. “Right on time.” “You could really set your watch to it,” said the editor. She realized how close to anachronistic the phrase was—who set watches anymore?— but, […]

And unlikely duo, those two desserts, but they sum up Las Vegas perfectly. Sungyoon Choi & Me: who’s the Gelato and who’s the Twinkie? On Monday, after a night in the sumptuous accommodations of the Venetian Hotel, Choi, her boyfriend Eric and I set off on the Grand Tour of Las Vegas. First stop: Old […]

Sunday, 5 December: traveling to Sin City, not for two days of unbridled hedonism and debauchery, but to return to the Scene of the Crime. Las Vegas is the setting of most of my book, and the city’s become, in the years I’ve been working on the manuscript, my inspiration and muse. Those who know […]