Last Call (novel)

Last Call (novel)

Infobox Book
name = Last Call
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author = Tim Powers
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country = United States
language = English
series = Fault Lines series
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = William Morrow & Co
release_date = 1992
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 479 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-688-10732-X
followed_by = Expiration Date

"Last Call" (1992) is a fantasy novel by Tim Powers. It was published in New York by Harper Collins in 1996 with ISBN 0-380-72846-X. It is the first book in a loose trilogy called Fault Lines; the second book, "Expiration Date" (1995), is vaguely related to "Last Call", the third book, "Earthquake Weather" (1997), acts as a sequel to the first two books.

Major themes

Like many of Powers' novels, "Last Call" features a detailed magic system, here based on divinatory tarot, and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case Bugsy Siegel and the development of Las Vegas casinos as well as the legend of the Fisher King. Powers makes use of T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land" throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend.

Awards

"Last Call" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1993.


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