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. Erin Singer was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan, and lives in Las Vegas. She is the recipient of a PEN/Robert J. Day Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and a MacDowell Fellowship. "Away from the glitter and spark of the Las Vegas strip and tucked into the surreal human landscape of a high-end suburban development, I met my favorite ensemble cast in a long time. This novel is about odd, real people in the shadow of fantasy--of money, beauty, sex and the elusive perfect future. Dangerland! is very funny, very smart and totally addictive. I read it like a gambler at a craps table." -Ramona Ausubel, author of The Last Animal
"With rare, pitch perfect prose and a gaze shot through with wisdom, Erin Singer's hilarious, heartbreaking debut Dangerland! grants uncommon access to the Vegas only locals know. I desperately needed Eugenie Zepp and every flawed saint and earnest sinner in her crew and I'd bet the house that you do, too. Erin Singer is my favorite new voice." -Marie-Helene Bertino, author of Beautyland
