Dangerland!
A Novel
-
- 17,99 €
-
- 17,99 €
Publisher Description
“Buckle up for a fluorescent romp.” —People, Best Books of July
Nora Ephron meets The Hangover in this screwball romantic comedy and family drama with a big, beating heart, set in the sun-bleached neon of Las Vegas.
Kurt Richter has been in love with Eugenie Zepp since he was eight years old. Now he’s in his fifties, twice divorced, a father of four. The entire neighborhood is suing him, and he’s been estranged from Eugenie for a decade.
In other words: perfect timing to declare himself to her.
Kurt and Eugenie grew up in Vegas among the glamour and the grit, slot machines in pharmacies, off-Strip tiki bars, all night poker games, shimmering desert heat. They’ve spent a lifetime orbiting each other, building families and making a beautiful mess of them while trying to decide if what they share is destiny or disaster.
Now their adult children are back in town with grudges, heartbreaks, and schemes of their own. As secrets surface and loyalties shift, will this be the right time for Eugenie and Kurt, after everything they’ve been through?
In this delicious, darkly funny, romantic comedy, everyone is looking for love in all the wrong places and gambling on the biggest games in life—but in Dangerland, there’s always one more chance to win.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Singer's humorous debut interweaves a Las Vegas real estate showdown and a decades-running will-they-or-won't-they love story. Kurt Richter grew up lusting after the older Eugenie Zepp, whom he first met when he was eight. Now, they're 52 and 60, a real estate developer and agent, respectively, but the timing is as bad as ever. Kurt's neighbors are suing him over his plans to build high-rise condos in the neighborhood, and Eugenie's clients include some of the plaintiffs. Meanwhile, Kurt's ex-girlfriend Piper refuses to move out of his place, while Eugenie is pursuing the much-younger Chad, who looks like a "dollar-store John Cena." Added to the mix are Kurt's 21-year-old daughter, Brianna; Eugenie's aspiring professional poker player son, Austin; and Nellie, the nanny Kurt has employed for decades, who is hoping a pyramid scheme might be her ticket to leaving Vegas behind. As everyone works to keep Kurt and Eugenie apart, Kurt swears he's willing to do whatever big gesture Eugenie wants to win her heart, and that "this time, they would get their love story." The many characters converge in the satisfying ending, but the main event is Singer's apt depiction of the striving and sweltering Vegas, in all its calamity and glamour. This one's over the top in all the best ways.
