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About a Mountain by John d’Agata explores the US government’s proposal to build a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas while meditating on the meaning of the city itself. D'Agata's investigation intertwines the precarious environmental implications of the project with the profound, often dark undercurrents of life in Las Vegas, revealing a pessimistic vision of the American Dream. The book contains sensitive topics such as suicide.