The novel was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction in 2009[1] and was selected as a 100 Notable Books of 2008 by The New York Times.

Young Newell has ADD and his overbearing mother Lorraine is not too keen on him hanging out with his older friend Kenny.

The Girl With the Shaved Head is looking to fit in with some questionable characters that she just met on the Las Vegas strip.

Comic book writer Bing Beiderbixxe is just in Vegas for the weekend.

These characters' lives intersect in this unflinching tale about lost innocence.

He had a chance at a promising career as a Major League baseball player until he suffered from an injury and then took a job in Las Vegas.

Ponyboy - A rough gutter punk who runs packages around Las Vegas on his BMX bike.