In his debut novel "Beautiful Children," Charles Bock captures Las Vegas with scope and nuance and provides a glimpse into a microcosm of modern America. The novel begins one Saturday night in Las Vegas when a twelve-year-old boy goes out with a friend and doesn't come home. In the aftermath of his disappearance, the boy's parents navigate the mystery of what's become of their son. The people of Beautiful Children are "urban nomads," each with a past to hide, every one of them searching for salvation and weaving their way through a neon underworld of sex, and drugs. Charles Bock joins Larry Mantle to talk about the writing of his first novel and the gritty life of urban and suburban Las Vegas.