{"product_id":"9780990966401","title":"Coming to Las Vegas: A true tale of sex, drugs \u0026 Sin City in the '70s","description":"Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel\/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking and drugs are the main entertainment for a bored crew of casino employees. Some waitresses date culinary union bosses, who have their own high drama of payoffs, fights for control, fire bombings and an 18-day culinary union strike. Each story told in this memoir-of the Martin Scorsese \"Casino\" era of Las Vegas-is true, and many are humorous as well as outrageous. \u003cp\u003e\"Carolyn V. Hamilton's memoir of her time as a Las Vegas cocktail waitress is told with uncommon candor, humor, and insight. Her stint at the world's largest hotel-casino, in a city on the verge of explosive growth and unending controversy, is a blend of Hollywood casting couch, 2 Broke Girls, and Fear and Loathing. It reads as fast as the characters she profiles.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Sheehan, \u003cbr\u003eauthor of \"Skin City: Uncovering the Las Vegas Sex Industry,\" and five other non-fiction books on modern Las Vegas history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swift House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024167420144,"sku":"9780990966401","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990966401_p0.jpg?v=1763889960","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990966401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}