LEAVING LAS VEGAS.

Figgis, Mike. (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 057117969X / ISBN 13: 9780571179695

Edité par LONDON: FABER. 1996, 1996

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First edition. Trade-size paperback original. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Traces of mild shelf wear to edges of covers. ) (O).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: LEAVING LAS VEGAS.
• Éditeur: LONDON: FABER. 1996
• Date de parution: 1996
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 057117969X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780571179695
• Reliure: Softcover
• Édition: First Edition; First Printing.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: No Dust Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

The screenplay of an award-winning film featuring the stark romance between a man hell-bent on drinking himself to death and a tough-as-nails prostitute who plies her trade among the luxury hotels of Las Vegas. Together they find a haven of tenderness in a world governed by money and greed.

Revue de presse

A brutal and unflinching portrait of the low life in the city of high rollers, Leaving Las Vegas is both shocking and curiously exhilarating. John O'Brien was a stunningly talented writer who created poetry from the most squalid materials. This is a beautiful and horrifying novel. - Jay McInerney

There is not a false note in the novel . . . [O'Brien] achieves real power in his writing. You seldom encounter it anymore, but when you do you know you've been properly whacked by a real talent. - New York Daily News

[An] immense writing talent . . . John O'Brien's life ended with a gunshot. Leaving Las Vegas, for its intensity, its bravado, and its legacy - an American tragedy that would pave the way for many more - only begins to understand why. - Esquire

The book's unique power resides in this awareness; and it allows O'Brien to breathe new life into two of the most familiar and overused archetypes of popular fiction: the drunk and the whore . . . Ben's impulse to destroy himself is so psychologically unspecific as to be sublime. - Boston Review

This book is not only dark and dire, it is crushing. How can a novel so absolutely devoid of hope be so gripping? The portrait of Sera and Ben is a tour de force - masterful and relentless. Leaving Las Vegas is the strongest and most extreme look at alcohol I've ever read. This book moved and bothered me and weeks later it is still in my mind. I think O'Brien is simply terrific. - Ron Carlson

Here is that rarest jewel, a really fine novel. It's a magical piece of work, one of the best I've seen in a long time. John O'Brien has a very great talent.

--Larry Brown