Literary Las Vegas: P Moss
Author/ bar proprieter P Moss is scheduled to launch his new book "Vegas Knockout: A Novel in Stories" with a party from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday at his bar the Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road. Moss plans to read, and guests can expect performances from the Portland, Ore., band Attack Ships On Fire, playing songs from "Vegas Soul," an album inspired by Moss' first book, "Blue Vegas." With Jenn O Cide acting as master of ceremonies, the show is set to include performances by sword swallower Kelvikta the Blade, Lil Miss Firefly, who bills herself as "the midget of mischief," and Turtle. Moss is also set to sign books at 1 p.m. Saturday in the 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. Barnes & Noble.
For more on the author, visit pmoss books.stephenspress.com.
Excerpt from "Vegas Knockout"
"What's that guy's story?" Lawford asked her, nodding toward the deadbeat who picked through pocket lint prospecting for change.
"Just another unemployed chop suey salesman trying to get something for nothing." She refilled Lawford's coffee, one eye glued to "The Price Is Right" on the old nineteen-inch RCA behind the counter. Complimented the stylish argyle sweatervest that made him an odd fit in a place made up of odd fits. "You in town for the fight, Hon?"
Lawford nodded. A thirty-three-year-old magazine writer from New York looking for a fresh angle on what a relentless media frenzy hyped as the event of a lifetime. The Champ versus Killer Kong. The most popular heavyweight boxing champion in a hundred years squaring off against a vicious challenger who had already killed once in the ring and vowed to do it again Saturday night at the MGM. But the fight was four days away, and at the moment Lawford was more interested in the bizarre subculture he had stumbled upon at Max E's Delicatessen.
