John O'Brien's books have established him as a writer who communicated the voice of the loner with blistering realness and unmistakable force. Stripper Lessons is perhaps O'Brien's most interior and intense novel, a powerful story of one man's obsessive search to belong. Here is 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 socialize with the people around him, Carroll's fascination with the women at his favorite club is totally innocent-he finds solace in the routine, the rules, and the predictability of the action. But when his desire for a particular dancer takes him one step too far, his entire life threatens to crumble.
- ISBN13 9780802197306
- Publish Date 1 December 2007 (first published 31 July 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English