Writing the Mob and endings in Las Vegas

It's a city that doesn't flinch - or forgive. Las Vegas found its halcyon days at the end of skimming rackets and growing criminal ambition, but the writers who tried to make sense of its story faced a wavering desert mirage of America's secrets. That reflection remains strong in the city's cocktail bars and craft distilleries, while its smokier rooms are haunted by memories of creative outcasts on a collision course with their own demons. 

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Travel to places where drinking culture and creative legacies collide. This series reveals how the histories of beer, wine and spirits are linked to the work of trail-blazing writers. Roving on both sides of the Atlantic, a veteran journalist follows in the footsteps of a few famous scribblers – meeting cutting-edge bartenders, brewers, distillers, winemakers, novelists and booksellers along the way.