Leaving Las Vegas

Name: Leaving Las Vegas
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781611855210
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By John O'Brien

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Summary

Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien is a poignant exploration of despair and redemption. The story follows the life of Ben, an alcoholic executive who loses everything and heads to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets Sera, a hardened but compassionate prostitute, and together they form an unexpected bond marked by love and acceptance amid their personal turmoil.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate poignant narratives about human vulnerability and redemption. This story explores the intense relationship between two troubled souls, set against the backdrop of Las Vegas, offering a raw and emotionally charged journey of love and despair. Fans of deep, character-driven romances with a darker twist will likely find this tale compelling.

Leaving Las Vegas

A re-issue of John O'Brien's debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness.

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Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it.

Sera is a prostitute, content with the independence and routine she has carved out for herself in a city defined by recklessness. But she is haunted by a spectre in a yellow Mercedes, a man from her past who is committed to taking control of her life again.

Ben is an alcoholic intent on drinking his way toward an early death. Newly arrived from Los Angeles, he survived the four-hour intoxicated drive across the desert with his entire savings in his wallet and nothing else left to lose.

Looking to satisfy hungers both material and existential, Ben and Sera stumble together on the strip and discover in each other a respite from their unforgiving lives.

A testimony to the raw talent of its young author, Leaving Las Vegas is a compelling story of unconditional love between two disenfranchised and lost souls - an overlooked American classic.

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Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien is praised for its brutal and unflinching portrayal of life on the darker side of Las Vegas, described as both shocking and exhilarating. The novel is noted for its powerful writing and the intense depiction of its characters, Ben and Sera, who breathe new life into familiar archetypes. Reviewers highlight O'Brien's immense talent and the book's ability to grip readers with its masterful, relentless narrative despite its dark and hopeless themes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611855210

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 183g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

John O'Brien was born in 1960 and lived most of his life in California until his death in 1994.