The Investment Club

Cooper, Doug

ISBN 10: 1945572000 / ISBN 13: 9781945572005

Published by Rare Bird Books, Los Angeles, CA, 2016

About this Item

A novel about the Las Vegas not normally seen by visitors, through the eyes of five residents who rely on each other for support. First printing. Very gently rubbed. Signed by Cooper on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # C170217

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Investment Club
• Publisher: Rare Bird Books, Los Angeles, CA
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1945572000
• ISBN 13: 9781945572005
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Silver Medalist for Best West-Mountain Regional Novel 2017
Winner of the 2017 International Book Award for Best Literary Fiction
Finalist for Best New Fiction at the Best Book Awards
Finalist for the Red City Review Best Literary Fiction Award

Forty million people visit Vegas every year but most never get past the strip. What about the people who live there? What brought them there? What keeps them there?

Told from the perspective of a seasoned blackjack dealer, The Investment Club tells the stories of a self-destructive, dwarf entrepreneur, a drug-addicted musical performer-turned-stripper, a retired, widowed New Jersey policeman, a bereaved, divorced female sportscaster, and a card-counting, former Catholic priest before and after their fateful meeting at the El Cortez Casino in downtown Vegas.

As the five learn the greatest return comes from investing in one another, their lives stabilize and take on new, positive directions. But their love and support for each other can take them only so far before they must determine the meaning and value of their own lives.

About the Author

Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novel Outside In. He has a BS in Mathematics Education from Miami University and an MA in American Studies from Saint Louis University. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, and Oslo, Norway home. The Investment Club is his second novel.