Characters are quick and witty, March 19, 2003 Reviewer: [email protected] from Monona, WI USA
Dice Angel, by Brian Rouff is everything it promises to be. An easy to follow plot makes this an easy read, to the point of becoming predicable. A guy, Jimmy Delaney, living in Las Vegas, is down on his luck. He owns a bar that gets burglarized within the first couple of pages. He's bouncing checks, he leaves all of his accounting to his brother-in-law who disappears with all the bar's money. He owes back taxes and if he doesn't come up with $50,000 in a ridiculously short time he will loose his business. What's a guy living in Las Vegas going to do in such a situation? Hmmm. Let's see here. Gamble, perhaps? Out of desperation Delaney hires the "Dice Angel" on the suggestion of a homeless man who comes into his bar for handouts. This ''Dice Angel'' promises to ''bring you luck at craps''.
Rouff's book is a good read. The dialog between the characters is quick and witty. I found, however, that there was a lack of surprises or twists, or rather that the twists that were inserted were a bit forced. Nonetheless, I'm sure that the locals in Vegas will get a kick out of a local author portraying their city in such a bittersweet, off-the-cuff way.
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