William L Fox: 2 books
In The Desert Of Desire
Las Vegas And The Culture Of Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Las Vegas, says William Fox, is a pay-as-you-play paradise that succeeds in satisfying our fantasies of wealth and the excesses of pleasure and consumption that go with it. In this context, Fox examines how Las Vegas’s culture of spectacle has obscured the boundaries between high art and entertainment...
The Void, The Grid & The Sign
Traversing The Great Basin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This is a story that few know, but those who do are its disciples. The story, of the highest and driest of all American deserts, the Great Basin, has no finer voice than that of William Fox. Fox’s book is divided into the three sections of the title. In “The Void,” he leads us through the Great...