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...Angeles and Las Vegas they flock to Country Star for barbecued twang and to Dive!--the submarine creation of Dreamworks' filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg--for simulated undersea adventures. Dive! has also surfaced on the Barcelona waterfront. The Harley Davidson Cafe is hog heaven for the customer who climbs into the saddle of a Low Rider against a make-believe open road while a video camera records the moment of sublime fantasy. And if spooky things grab you, Jekyll and Hyde, a house of horrors, is the place to thrill...
John O'Brien, the tormented author of the 1991 novel Leaving Las Vegas, which served as the basis for last year's film, did not live in the world of overachievers, nor did he view alcoholism as something to be overcome. O'Brien wrote fiction, but his tales of the bottle are intensely biographical. Like the washed-up screenwriter Ben in Leaving Las Vegas, he lost jobs because he couldn't stay sober. He too had intended to drink himself to death but in 1994, at age 33, committed suicide more expediently with a gun. For O'Brien...
...success of Leaving Las Vegas has now led to the posthumous publication of O'Brien's fourth novel, The Assault on Tony's (Grove Press; 215 pages; $21; the author's third novel, Stripper Lessons, is due from Grove next year). Here again, O'Brien immerses himself in the world of aggressively nonfunctioning alcoholics who live without meaningful allegiances to work or family...
...inferior novel to Leaving Las Vegas, which was composed during one of the few sober periods in O'Brien's adult life, The Assault on Tony's can be choppy and dramaless despite a smattering of lyrical passages. Nevertheless, Assault remains the more philosophical of the two books, as it presents a picture of addiction truer to O'Brien's grim vision. There is not the slightest possibility of salvation for Rudd and his comrades--not even a marginally redeeming love story, as in Leaving Las Vegas. Drinking themselves to death is an inevitability these men seem to accept. Behind...
...people suffered minor injuries and eight people, including Golota's trainer, Lou Duva, were hospitalized. Ten people were arrested. Many ringside observers described the event as the worst boxing-related riot they had seen. The Garden, which had been the mecca of boxing before losing its place to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, has been trying to revive the sport in New York City. After not holding any professional fights between March 6, 1993 and December 15, 1995, the Garden has slowly begun to regain its place in boxing. However, that is all expected to change following Thursday's outbreak...