Last Call

by Tim Powers

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Series (with order)

The Fisher King trilogy (1)

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Original publication date

1992

Important places

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

People/Characters

Archimedes (Arky) Mavranos

Betsy Reculver

Bugsy Siegel

Dondi Snayheever

Awards and honors

World Fantasy Award (Novel, 1993)

Locus (Fantasy Novel, 1993)

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First words

Georges Leon held his little boy's hand too tightly and stared up from under his hatbrim at the unnaturally dark noon sky.

Last words

And in the desert all around, the Joshua trees were heavy with cream-colored blossoms, and the glowing cholla branches shaded the flowering lupine and sundrops, and in the mountains the desert bighorn sheep leaped agilely down to the fresh streams to drink.

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 068810732X, Hardcover)

Enchantingly dark and compellingly real, the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Last Call is a masterpiece of magic realism from critically acclaimed author Tim Powers.

Set in the gritty, dazzling underworld known as Las Vegas, Last Call tells the story of a one-eyed professional gambler who discovers that he was not the big winner in a long-ago poker game . . . and now must play for the highest stakes ever as he searches for a way to win back his soul.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:14 -0500)

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