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In a darkly funny love story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser dive headfirst into the gambling lifestyle of middle-class hedonism that has developed near their hometown, only to find themselves yearning for their peaceful earlier world
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A New York Times Notable Book In this darkly funny story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser try (and push) their luck at the Paradise casino. Peopled with dazed denizens, body-pierced children, a lusty grocery-store manager, and hourly employees in full revolt, this is a novel about wising up sooner rather than later--"a wise and funny tale" (New York Times Book Review) that is "masterfully observed" (John Barth).
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