Leaving Las Vegas (novel)

Leaving Las Vegas is a semi-autobiographical 1990 novel by John O'Brien. The novel was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Cage the Academy Award for Best Actor, and earning Shue a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and screenwriter/director Mike Figgis nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Leaving Las Vegas

Cover of the first U.S. edition
Author	John O'Brien
Language	English
Publisher	Watermark Press
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	189
ISBN	0-922820-12-0

O'Brien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound within weeks of signing away the film rights to the novel.^[1][2]