Synopsis of Hijos de Las Vegas
Children of Las Vegas, by award-winning author Timothy O’Grady, tells the story of ten of these children: the son of a casino owner who gambled away his fortune and died alone and broken; a woman whose partner kidnapped their five children and now, addicted to methamphetamines, lives in the tunnels in the shadow of the city’s bright lights… These are the stories of the children of dealers and bartenders, of jugglers and dancers, of limousine drivers. Of children who leave for school every day before their parents have returned home. Of children whose parents might never return.
Through short essays that tell the story and peculiarities of the gambling mecca, the portraits of the famous photographer Steve Pyke and ten real testimonies of some of the “children of Las Vegas”, O’Grady brings down the shining facade of the city to show us a reality that looks like no other.
