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Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas

Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas
By Matthew O'Brien

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #194571 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-06-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 281 pages

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A book about Vegas's storm drains?!4
A book about Vegas's storm drains?! This is a remarkable book - as deep and dark as the tunnels O'Brien spent a summer exploring. I am a regular visitor to Las Vegas and never imagined this world beneath my feet. O'Brien's book reveals hopelessness and dreams - misery and humour despite the conditions. I enjoyed the way O'Brien wove references to other tunnels (those of the Viet Cong, the Rome catacombs and Portland's Shanghai Tunnels). Like O'Brien I wondered how the poverty of the tunnels could exist beneath mega-wealth? As O'Brien explains: "In America, poverty always bows at the feet of corporate wealth.