John O'Brien

Nacimiento : 1960-05-21, Oxford, Ohio, USA

Muerte : 1994-04-10

Historia

John O'Brien was an American author. His first novel Leaving Las Vegas was published in 1990 and made into a film of the same name in 1995. Two more of his novels were published posthumously: Stripper Lessons (1997) and The Assault on Tony's (1996), both of which had been left unfinished at the time of his death and were completed by his sister, Erin.

Películas

Leaving Las Vegas
Novel
Ben es un alcohólico cuya vida se está yendo al traste. Decide irse a Las Vegas, la ciudad donde los bares nunca cierran, para beber hasta morir. Allí conoce a Sera, una prostituta. Se aceptan, se enamoran, se separan y se reencuentran. Una maravillosa historia sobre dos personas que aprenden a aceptarse el uno al otro, sobre cómo en medio de la oscuridad puede surgir una pequeña llama de esperanza en sus vidas.