John O'Brien's books have established him as a writer who communicated the voice of the loner with blistering realness and unmistakable force. In Leaving Las Vegas, he wove a love story of incredible passion among two lost souls. In The Assault on Tony's, he unfolded a psychological drama among five drunks who spend their last days barricaded in a bar. Stripper Lessons is perhaps O'Brien's most interior and intense book, a powerful story of a man's obsessive search to belong. In Stripper Lessons, O'Brien details the dark ...
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John O'Brien's books have established him as a writer who communicated the voice of the loner with blistering realness and unmistakable force. In Leaving Las Vegas, he wove a love story of incredible passion among two lost souls. In The Assault on Tony's, he unfolded a psychological drama among five drunks who spend their last days barricaded in a bar. Stripper Lessons is perhaps O'Brien's most interior and intense book, a powerful story of a man's obsessive search to belong. In Stripper Lessons, O'Brien details the dark and simple life of Carroll, a middle-aged, unmarried, friendless man whose only joy is watching beautiful women dance. Terribly shy and unable to socially: with the people around him, Carroll's fascination with the women at his favorite club is totally innocent; his desire for them is the desire to be connected. There, he finds solace in the routine, the rules, and the predictability of the action; inside, a dollar or two will win him affection. But when his desire for a particular dancer takes him one step too far, his entire life threatens to crumble. As he did in Leaving Las Vegas O'Brien has given life to the outcast and captured the hope and truthfulness that even the most simple lives are built on.
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Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $127.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Watermark Press.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library stamps and labels. Dust jacket in new mylar. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 189 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $189.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Watermark Press.
Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $247.50, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Watermark Press.
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Very Good in a Very Good Minus dust jacket; Hardcover; First Edition, Second Printing; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, just a few scratches to the back of the jacket, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all bright and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.9 lbs; White dust jacket with title in multi-colored lettering; 1991, Watermark Press; 189 pages; "Leaving Las Vegas, " by John O'Brien.
Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $750.00, like new condition, Sold by Waverley Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by WATERMARK PRESS..
Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $900.00, like new condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Watermark Press,.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0922820120. The author's first book. Made into the 1995 film. Stated first edition. SIGNED by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 189 pages; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of Leaving Las Vegas to cart. $950.00, like new condition, Sold by Burnside Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Watermark Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine, in a Fine un-clipped dust jacket with faint toning to the spine and faint shelf wear. The author's only novel to be published during his life time. O'Brien committed suicide in 1994, just two weeks after learning this book would be made into a film.
