Казино «Вэйпорс»: страх и ненависть в Хот-Спрингсе

'Kazino 'Vėĭpors': strakh i nenavistʹ v Khot-Springs' - istorii͡a pervoĭ amerikanskoĭ stolit͡sy poroka, vpletennai͡a v sudʹby glavnykh geroev, okazavshikhsi͡a v ėpit͡sentre sobytiĭ zolotykh desi͡atiletiĭ, s 1930-kh po 1960-e gody.Khot-Springs, s odnoĭ storony, byl kraem t͡selebnykh vod, arkhitektury v stile ar-deko i pervogo nat͡sionalʹnogo parka Ameriki, s drugoĭ zhe - mestom skachek i pochti di͡uzhiny nelegalʹnykh kazino i bordeleĭ. Gangstery, igroki i moshenniki: oni stekalisʹ si͡uda, chto-by nazhitʹ sebe sostoi͡anie i spri͡atatʹsi͡a ot surovoĭ ruki zakona. Dėvid Khill raskryvaet vse karty goroda - ot temnogo proshlogo rasovoĭ segregat͡sii do organizovannoĭ prestupnosti; ot golovokruzhitelʹnogo podʺema vorotil igornogo biznesa do ikh kontroli͡a nad vbrosom bi͡ulleteneĭ na vyborakh. Romannai͡a proza, napolnennai͡a zvukami i obrazami amerikanskikh razvlecheniĭ - dzhazovymi orkestrami i igrovymi avtomatami, umelymi aukt͡sionistami i nari͡azhennymi komikami - ėto zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ vzgli͡ad na ushedshui͡u ėpokhu amerikanskogo poroka.

"Wayports Casino: Fear and Hatred in Hot Springs" is the story of the first American capital of vice, woven into the fate of the main characters who found themselves in the epicenter of the events of the golden decades, from the 1930s to the 1960s.Hot Springs, on the one hand, was a land of healing waters, Art Deco architecture and America's first national park, on the other hand, a place of horse racing and almost a dozen illegal casinos and brothels. Gangsters, gamblers and scammers: they flocked here to make a fortune and hide from the harsh hand of the law. David Hill reveals all the maps of the city - from the dark past of racial segregation to organized crime; from the dizzying rise of the bigwigs of the gambling business to their control over the stuffing of ballots in elections. Novelistic prose filled with sounds and images of American entertainment - jazz orchestras and slot machines, skilled auctioneers and dressed up comedians - is a fascinating look at the bygone era of American vice.