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""Still Life Las Vegas" is one of the most startlingly assured debut novels I've ever read. James Sie's writing is gorgeous and the story is heartbreaking. I am in awe."--Augusten Burroughs, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" and "This is How"

""Still Life Las Vegas "is powerful, comical, and it breaks your heart. I did not want it to end." --Diana Wagman, author of "The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets"

"James Sie took me on the most amazing ride. Intriguing, textured characters fill this debut novel. The charming illustrations compliment this gem of a story that will forever change how we see that (in)famous desert city of Las Vegas." --Noel Alumit, author of "Letters to""Montgomery Clift" and "Talking to the Moon"

Sie's debut novel is an often mesmerizing look at grief and coming of age...Engrossing. "Publishers Weekly"
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"An innovative and engaging first novel. "Lambda Literary Reviews"

Sie's first novel is richly imagined and beautifully written with a well-realized setting and memorable characters. Together they make for an altogether auspicious debut. "Booklist"

"Still Life Las Vegas" is one of the most startlingly assured debut novels I've ever read. James Sie's writing is gorgeous and the story is heartbreaking. I am in awe. "Augusten Burroughs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors and This is How"

"Still Life Las Vegas "is powerful, comical, and it breaks your heart. I did not want it to end. "Diana Wagman, author of The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets"

James Sie took me on the most amazing ride. Intriguing, textured characters fill this debut novel. The charming illustrations compliment this gem of a story that will forever change how we see that (in)famous desert city of Las Vegas. "Noel Alumit, author of Letters to Montgomery Clift and Talking to the Moon"

"Still Life Las Vegas" is an astonishing mix of word and image, humor and heart. "Gene Luen Yang, Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of American Born Chinese"

Wildly inventive, emotionally raw, and brimming with palpable desire, James Sie's "Still Life Las Vegas" is as vibrant and unabashedly weird as it is elegiac. A truly visionary debut. "Gina Frangello, author of A Life in Men, Slut Lullabies"

With humor and a fresh literary voice, "Still Life Las Vegas" tells a family story that is unique yet straight to the heart. James Sie's poignant and funny debut, with dynamic illustrations by Sungyoon Choi sparkles with originality. "Elizabeth Crane, author of We Only Know So Much"

Vivid, romantic, complex, and utterly heartbreaking. "Still Life Las Vegas "exists in the beautiful space between the familiar and the extraordinary, with achingly flawed characters who crackle with life. Not to be missed. "Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda"

A heartbreaking character study of a gay teen artist. "Next Magazine""

"Sie's debut novel is an often mesmerizing look at grief and coming of age...Engrossing." --Publishers Weekly

"An innovative and engaging first novel." --Lambda Literary Reviews

"Sie's first novel is richly imagined and beautifully written with a well-realized setting and memorable characters. Together they make for an altogether auspicious debut." --Booklist

"Still Life Las Vegas is one of the most startlingly assured debut novels I've ever read. James Sie's writing is gorgeous and the story is heartbreaking. I am in awe." --Augusten Burroughs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors and This is How

"Still Life Las Vegas is powerful, comical, and it breaks your heart. I did not want it to end." --Diana Wagman, author of The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets

"James Sie took me on the most amazing ride. Intriguing, textured characters fill this debut novel. The charming illustrations compliment this gem of a story that will forever change how we see that (in)famous desert city of Las Vegas." --Noel Alumit, author of Letters to Montgomery Clift and Talking to the Moon

"Still Life Las Vegas is an astonishing mix of word and image, humor and heart." --Gene Luen Yang, Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of American Born Chinese

"Wildly inventive, emotionally raw, and brimming with palpable desire, James Sie's Still Life Las Vegas is as vibrant and unabashedly weird as it is elegiac. A truly visionary debut." --Gina Frangello, author of A Life in Men, Slut Lullabies

"With humor and a fresh literary voice, Still Life Las Vegas tells a family story that is unique yet straight to the heart. James Sie's poignant and funny debut, with dynamic illustrations by Sungyoon Choi sparkles with originality." --Elizabeth Crane, author of We Only Know So Much

"Vivid, romantic, complex, and utterly heartbreaking. Still Life Las Vegas exists in the beautiful space between the familiar and the extraordinary, with achingly flawed characters who crackle with life. Not to be missed." --Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

"A heartbreaking character study of a gay teen artist." --Next Magazine

When Walter Stahl was five-years-old, his mother drove away in the family's blue Volvo and never came back. Now seventeen, living in the dregs of Las Vegas, taking care of his ailing father and marking time in a dead-end job along the Strip, Walter's life so far has been defined by her absence. He doesn't remember what she looks like; he's never so much as seen a photograph but, still, he looks for her among the groups of tourists he runs into every day, allowing himself the dim hope that she might still be out there, somewhere.

But when Walter meets Chrysto and Acacia, a brother and sister working as living statues at the Venetian Hotel, his world cracks wide open. With them he discovers a Las Vegas he never knew existed and, as feelings for Chrysto develop, a side of himself he never knew he had. At the same time, clues behind his mother's disappearance finally start to reveal themselves, and Walter is confronted with not only the truth about himself, but also that of his family history.

Threading through this coming-of-age story are beautiful, heart-wrenching graphic illustration, which reveal the journey of Walter's mother Emily: how she left everything to chase a vision of Liberace across the country; and how Walter's father Owen went searching for her amongst the gondolas of the Venetian Hotel.

In James Sie's debut novel, Still Life Las Vegas, the magical collides with the mundane; memory, sexual awakening and familial ties all lead to a place where everything is illuminated, and nothing is real.