"Las Vegas is not just a metaphor for American society or global consumer greed, it is also the mirror of all human desires and failures. Children of Las Vegas is a modern day fairy tale, it is so much more than the sum of its parts.”—The Irish Times

"Sons of Las Vegas has mesmerized, moved, battered, surprised, enlightened... It has deeply altered me, it has hooked me, it has pushed me to read to the end."—Nick Drake

Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas each year. It's the city that promises to satisfy every wish, without any repercussions. They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? But what about the children who grow up there?

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 his fortune and died alone and broken; a woman whose partner kidnapped her five children and now, addicted to methamphetamines, lives in the tunnels in the shadow of the bright lights of the city... They are the stories of the children of dealers and bartenders, of jugglers and the dancers, of the drivers of limousines. Of the children who leave for school every day before their parents have returned home. Of the children whose parents might never return.

Through brief essays detailing the history and intricacies of the gambling mecca, portraits by celebrity photographer Steve Pyke, and ten real-life testimonials from some of the "sons of Las Vegas," O'Grady demolishes the glittering façade. of the city to show us a reality that is unlike any other.