"Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification."

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Source: Joan Didion (2013). “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, p.64, Zola Books

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Joan Didion

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Joan Didion was an influential American writer known for her incisive essays and novels that explore themes of memory, identity, and societal change.

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