I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas - Softcover

Lax, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935396501 ISBN 13: 9781935396505

Publisher: Huntington Press, 2012

Synopsis

Rick Lax has a great gig. What does he do? Whatever he wants. Then he writes about it. He's a stunt journalist.

Rick crashes conventions, throws wild parties, and hangs out with celebrities. He moonlights as a strip club restroom attendant, a street magician, and a casino executive. And he always takes notes. Now he's ready to share 'em.

I Get Paid For This offers a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the most extraordinary city on Earth: Las Vegas

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Praise for Rick Lax's previous book, Fool Me Once: - - -"A hilarious memoir."---Las Vegas Review-Journal -"It's a book that makes you want to move to Vegas... This book should be on your poolside reading list. The next time you need a book that is fun, helps you have a good time and requires no emotional attachment, Fool Me Once is what you are looking for."---About.com - - -"An oddly addicting read... With his background in magic and law, and his journalistic curiosity, Lax is well-equipped to pierce the illusions that make up the Las Vegas façade."---Las Vegas CityLife - - -"Plenty of cons and cheap hustles in this lively memoir of time spent on the seamier edge of Casinoland... An entertaining field guide to vice, but also one with a point--if you're headed anywhere near the Strip, watch your wallet."---Kirkus Reviews - - -"Rick Lax embedded himself with Vegas's most notorious magicians, call girls, and wheeler-dealers and emerged with a funny and fascinating cautionary tale for the rest of us. Anyone who's ever been scammed, bluffed, or lied to should read Fool Me Once."---Kevin Roose, author of The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University - - -"In a city where nothing is quite what it seems, Rick Lax introduces us to the showgirls, prostitutes, casino card counters, magicians, pickup artists, and street hustlers who work their short cons under the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. Fool Me Once is an illuminating read and terrific fun."---David Grazian, author of On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife - - -"Rick Lax has written a wry, laugh-out-loud love letter to the world of deception."---Jim Steinmeyer, author of Art and Artifice: And Other Essays of Illusion  - - - - - -Praise for Rick Lax's first book, Lawyer Boy: - - -"First-time author Lax delivers an entertaining and sometimes zany look at the first year of law school... Lax's discoveries of what he didn't expect offer fascinating up-to-date insights."---Publishers Weekly - - -"I'll be buying his books for a long time to come."---A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All

About the Author:

Rick Lax wrote the books FOOL ME ONCE (St. Martin's Press, 2011) and LAWYER BOY (St. Martin's Press, 2008). He currently lives in Las Vegas and writes for Las Vegas Weekly. I GET PAID FOR THIS--assuming my math serves--is his third book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Huntington Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1935396501
• ISBN 13: 9781935396505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256