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  <title><![CDATA[Leaving Las Vegas]]></title>
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  <default_description>The wrenching but compelling story of unconditional love between two lost and disenfranchised souls.  Sera, a prostitute, and Ben, an alcoholic, stumble together and discover in each other a respite from their unforgiving lives.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[John O'Brien]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anybody interested in or already courting disaster]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 16 23:44:03 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 16 23:46:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was so powerful... (how powerful was it?) <br/><br/>it made me call my brother and ask how's he doing.]]></body>
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    <review id="41585995">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 02 06:35:13 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 07:40:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the better books I've read that dives into the soul of the characters.  Yes, it's very dreadful, but the beauty in the langauge is what forced me to read this book several times ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41585995]]></url>
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    <review id="39494195">
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    <name><![CDATA[Caty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Northampton, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 06 22:36:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 06 22:37:31 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the few cases where the book &amp; the movie are equal in quality--that is, shattering, amazing.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39494195]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40978048">
    <user id="1818476">
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 26 20:21:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 26 20:23:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a bad-good book that has an underground feel for a very glitzy place...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40978048]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42382867">
    <user id="1884208">
    <name><![CDATA[Carissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Westerville, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 08 14:20:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 08 14:20:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[One of the saddest, most hopeless, books i've ever read]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42382867]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74167069">
    <user id="32989">
    <name><![CDATA[Jared]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Louisville, KY]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 09:53:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 11 09:54:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Read it about 12 years ago... couldn't even rate it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74167069]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="54501731">
    <user id="2247806">
    <name><![CDATA[Mesha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Asheville, NC]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 30 13:16:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 02 11:58:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I just started this book and it is already fucking amazing...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54501731]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="62947523">
    <user id="2509002">
    <name><![CDATA[Maria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 10 13:27:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 21 09:23:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The saddest book I have ever read, the first book that ever made me sob and weep. Better than the movie and the movie was damn good.<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62947523]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51834132">
    <user id="2025000">
    <name><![CDATA[SmarterLilac]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 07 12:38:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 09 11:59:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aims high, then crashes and burns.  I found absolutely no way to buy into the idea that a suicidal street prostitute would just up and start nurturing a suicidal drunk.  Plus, the obnoxious layout was pretentious as all hell.  Amateur hour.  Bad book.<br/><br/>Edited to add that John O'Brien's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Brien_(novelist)">Wik...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51834132">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51834132]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="33384388">
    <user id="905752">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clinton, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 09 11:13:03 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 20 16:45:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 09 11:13:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Flawed, but good.<br/><br/>Parts of it really seemed like a drunk fantasy. Like: what kind of beautiful prostitute actually picks up a dying drunk and offers to love him and take care of him in his last days, no strings? But the psychology of Sera otherwise -- her memories, her motives for working...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33384388">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33384388]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1022381">
    <user id="75190">
    <name><![CDATA[Mo]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 03 21:45:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 03 21:47:44 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the rare, rare instances where I actually liked the book and the movie, instead of just the book. Unlike Bukowski and Fante, this does not make me want to drown my sorrows in box wine---it makes me want to check myself into rehab. Scary, heartbreaking and beautiful. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1022381]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="20733504">
    <user id="1020002">
    <name><![CDATA[Steveg]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 22 12:41:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 22 12:43:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book will blow you away. Heartbreaking story of an alcoholic who journeys to LV to drink himself to death and the hooker who loves him. Desperate and troubled humanity at it's best. Great book and great movie. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20733504]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="26984840">
    <user id="440436">
    <name><![CDATA[J.C.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 11 14:15:50 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 15 09:16:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[it's more like three and a half stars.  very much like the movie but also has the added element of really good writing, once you get into the authors style that is. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26984840]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21481008">
    <user id="1118700">
    <name><![CDATA[Fred]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[West New York, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1118700-fred]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 02 15:20:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 02 15:25:54 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I must have thrown this book into the trashcan at least half a dozen times, while reading it, only to fish it out and continue. In the end it was a one day read!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21481008]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22815554">
    <user id="1170610">
    <name><![CDATA[Ben]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <date_added>Fri May 23 09:54:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 25 12:06:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[this book made me cry. first time that a book ever did that. either i am a big sap or man enough to admit that, not sure though.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22815554]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10610190">
    <user id="694448">
    <name><![CDATA[biyashee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 17 23:32:20 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 17 23:38:58 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i never thought i would have some positive attitude towards prostitutes and drunks until i read this book]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10610190]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2589560">
    <user id="162472">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Danville, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 01 08:35:37 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 01 08:36:23 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book wasn't anything special at all. Don't know why anyone would want to make it into a movie.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2589560]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7938196">
    <user id="449771">
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 19 09:41:34 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 19 09:42:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Another suicide. The movie was alright but the book was phenomenal.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7938196]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3364960">
    <user id="209719">
    <name><![CDATA[Andy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Greenville, SC]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 21 20:10:56 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 21 20:20:48 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A punch in the gut...the good kind...if there is such a thing...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3364960]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10535087">
    <user id="182589">
    <name><![CDATA[Cherie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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