The Vapors Book Talk with David Hill | Saturday, August 28th | 10 AM

David Hill was raised in what he calls a family of carnies, gamblers, hell-raisers and story-tellers. His work has been featured on the weekly radio program, This American Life, as well as major publications such as Esquire, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker. His highly-acclaimed book, The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice, was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book for 2020, one of Publisher’s Weekly’s “Summer Reads of 2020, GQ’s “Favorite Books of 2020 So Far,” Bookhub’s “12 of the Best Non-fiction Books Coming out this Summer, and one of Thrillist’s “21 books we can’t wait to read!”

David will discuss the gangsters and gamblers who once flocked to Hot Springs. It was a place where hustlers and high-rollers could make their fortunes and hide from the law, as well as being the site of The Vapors, a lavish nightclub/casino whose spectacular rise and fall brought them together before blowing them apart.

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