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ISBN: 190198205X
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Price: £6.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: B (198 x 129mm)
Extent: 256pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada
Pub. Date: August 1998

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Jason Starr, author of Cold Caller, Nothing Personal, Fake I.D. and Hard Feelings was born in Brooklyn in 1966 and still lives in New York City. After completing a degree in economics at Binghampton University, Starr has concentrated on his classic noir crime fiction, which has been compared to the work of James Cain and Jim Thompson.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

Part crime novel, part unflinching satire of compulsive gambling, eating disorders and cold-blooded evil

A hilariously dark thriller about two very different New York couples. The DePinos are miserable, living in a tiny rundown apartment above a deli on Tenth Avenue. The Sussmans live in a posh building on the Upper East Side. When Joey DePino loses his job and is threatened by his bookies and loan shark, he involves the Sussmans in a sick, desperate plan to pay off his gambling debts. But ad exec David Sussman has his own problems, trying to stop his suddenly psychopathic Asian mistress from ruining him, and won't go down without a fight. As the lives of the DePinos and the Sussmans become increasingly intertwined, Joey and David plunge their families into a moral-less world where anything is possible and nothing is personal.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...Original modern noir tale reminiscent of Jim Thompson or David Goodis..." - The Irish Times

"...Diabolically well-plotted noir thriller...Gentle readers should take heed..." - Literary Review

"...Wholly satisfying. Nothing Personal is a fast, well-paced and well-plotted domestic crime thriller..." - The Barcelona Review

"...The King of Noir is back. It doesn't get any darker or funnier than this...The best novel of the year..." - Bookends