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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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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Stripper Lessons
• Author: John O'Brien
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9780802135070
• ISBN: 9780802135070
• ID: 06576013
• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Weight: 198 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. July 1997

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