Dangerland!

Name: Dangerland!
Brand: S&s/Summit Books
SKU: 9781668098318
Price: 34.80 USD
Availability: InStock

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Biographical Note:
Erin Singer was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan, and lives in Las Vegas. She is the recipient of a PEN/Robert J. Day Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and a MacDowell Fellowship.

Review Quotes:
"I wish that Dangerland! was a prestige television drama, so that I could spend season after season with its tangle of riveting characters. I'd never get tired of the dialogue (so funny) or the twists (genuinely shocking), and I'd never get tired of the way Erin Singer portrays Las Vegas (sweaty and a little desperate, with unbeatable sunsets). Obviously, I will read whatever she writes next."
--Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cherry Baby

"A zany, outrageous, hilarious romp through the phantasmagoric sprawl of Las Vegas, suburbia on steroids, a place beyond satire. This more-American-than-America milieu, long ignored or condescended to, is at last written with zest and poignancy thanks to Erin Singer's searing talent, sparkling comedic timing and gift for creating completely unforgettable characters. A true original!"
--Claire Vaye Watkins, author of I Love You, But I've Chosen Darkness

"With rare, pitch perfect prose and a gaze shot through with wisdom, Erin Singer's hilarious, heartbreaking debut Dangerland! grants uncommon access to the Vegas only locals know. I desperately needed Eugenie Zepp and every flawed saint and earnest sinner in her crew and I'd bet the house that you do, too. Erin Singer is my favorite new voice." --Marie-Helene Bertino, author of Beautyland

"Away from the glitter and spark of the Las Vegas strip and tucked into the surreal human landscape of a high-end suburban development, I met my favorite ensemble cast in a long time. This novel is about odd, real people in the shadow of fantasy--of money, beauty, sex and the elusive perfect future. Dangerland! is very funny, very smart and totally addictive. I read it like a gambler at a craps table." --Ramona Ausubel, author of The Last Animal

"Humorous...satisfying...the main event is Singer's apt depiction of the striving and sweltering Vegas, in all its calamity and glamour. This one's over the top in all the best ways." --Publishers Weekly

"Fans of funny, large-cast family novels, such as those by Emma Straub and Taffy Brodesser-Akner, will fall happily into the fold." --Annie Bostrom, Booklist

Publisher Marketing:
Nora Ephron meets The H angover in this screwball romantic comedy and family drama with a big, beating heart, set in the sun-bleached neon of Las Vegas.

Kurt Richter has been in love with Eugenie Zepp since he was eight years old. Now he's in his fifties, twice divorced, a father of four. The entire neighborhood is suing him, and he's been estranged from Eugenie for a decade.

In other words: perfect timing to declare himself to her.

Kurt and Eugenie grew up in Vegas among the glamour and the grit, slot machines in pharmacies, off-Strip tiki bars, all night poker games, shimmering desert heat. They've spent a lifetime orbiting each other, building families and making a beautiful mess of them while trying to decide if what they share is destiny or disaster.

Now their adult children are back in town with grudges, heartbreaks, and schemes of their own. As secrets surface and loyalties shift, will this be the right time for Eugenie and Kurt, after everything they've been through?

In this delicious, darkly funny, romantic comedy, everyone is looking for love in all the wrong places and gambling on the biggest games in life--but in Dangerland, there's always one more chance to win.

Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 05/04/2026 (EAN 9781668098318, Hardcover)
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 80 (EAN 9781668098318, Hardcover)
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2026 (EAN 9781668098318, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Singer, Erin
Erin Singer was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan, and lives in Las Vegas. She is the recipient of a PEN/Robert J. Day Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and a MacDowell Fellowship.