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.

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

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