Citizen Wynn: A Sin City Saga of Power, Lust, and Blind Ambition

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Citizen Wynn recounts the cautionary saga of uber-wealthy casino king Steve Wynn, who built a global gambling empire on fantasy, grift, and misogyny before hubris and #MeToo brought him down. Part Mafia history, part deeply researched social commentary, part Horatio Alger gone horribly awry,Citizen Wynnis a modern morality talewith instant appeal to 100 million Americans who gamble regularly as well as millions more who recognize the Wynn name from Macao to Monaco.

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Investigative journalist Dennis McDougal is the author of thirteen books, including Dylan: The Biography and Five Easy Decades. A staff writer for two decades with the Los Angeles Times and frequent contributor to the New York Times, McDougal has been honored with more than forty awards, including Stanford Universitys John S. Knight Fellowship, the Anne Sperber Award for the nations best media biography, a nomination for the Mystery Writers of Americas Edgar Award, and the George Foster Peabody Award as co-producer of the 2009 PBS American Experience documentary Inventing L.A. based on McDougals bestselling Privileged Son.