Douglas Unger (English) published a novel, "Dream City." The novel is an unconventional portrait and fictional history of Las Vegas during the boom years before the economic crash brought on by the Great Recession. Through stories of its industry executives on the make, ideologies of marketing and consumerism in the "casino economy of America" are pitted against the erosion of individual values in a tale unlike anything yet written about our iconic city and global entertainment attraction that in so many ways represents postmodern society.

Sally Denton, author of "The Money and the Power" and "The Colony," writes, "This is the quintessential novel about America's most fascinating and archetypical city, where greed and ambition also make room for love and redemption."