Novelist Matt Bloom returns with his third masterpiece, a dangerous coming-of-age satire set in a city awash with broken dreams. Daringly written with Bloom's classic biting wit, "The Last Romantic" introduces a twisted tale of failed ambitions, dashed hopes, and the relentless but ill-fated pursuit of happiness in Sin City. "The Last Romantic" follows the fateful course of twenty-one-year-old David Hirschberg as he takes his fist stumbling steps as an adult into the depths of Sin City. One among thousands seeking romance, ...
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Novelist Matt Bloom returns with his third masterpiece, a dangerous coming-of-age satire set in a city awash with broken dreams. Daringly written with Bloom's classic biting wit, "The Last Romantic" introduces a twisted tale of failed ambitions, dashed hopes, and the relentless but ill-fated pursuit of happiness in Sin City. "The Last Romantic" follows the fateful course of twenty-one-year-old David Hirschberg as he takes his fist stumbling steps as an adult into the depths of Sin City. One among thousands seeking romance, excitement, and easy money, David finds himself uncontrollably drawn to the wrong people in his search for glitz and glamour, and a lifestyle he has only dreamed of. Haunted by guilt and driven to be someone he is not, David quickly becomes tangles in a web of deceit and lust when he falls for the femme fatale Mona, a long-time resident of Sin City and once the Hottest Showgirl on the Strip. Burdened by her own regrets, Mona is determined to return to the heights she once knew by getting rid of her husband and marrying Hank Graham, the Governor of Nevada. Governor Graham is willing to say whatever his constituents want to hear in order to keep large cash donations from shady businessmen flowing into his private accounts. Obsessed with Mona, his pocketbook, and the many perks available to those in political power, Graham will do anything to ensure he gets re-elected. While pursuing Mona, David runs afoul of Paul Tucci, the dim-witted son of a Mafia casino owner. Desperate to prove his worth to himself as well as to his father, Paul focuses his frustration and misguided anger on David. What happens when their paths collide is a compelling tale of thefaded hopes, pathetic ambitions, and quiet desperation of the accidental residents of Sin City.
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