Fake I.D. - Softcover

Starr, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 084396118X ISBN 13: 9780843961188

Publisher: Hard Case Crime, 2009

Synopsis

Tommy Russo, a New York bar bouncer, will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get his hands on the money he desperately needs to buy into a horse-owning syndicate. 150,000 first printing. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Jason Starr is the multi-award winning author of nine novels, including THE FOLLOWER, FAKE ID, and PANIC ATTACK (coming August 4, 2009 from St. Martin's Press). He has also co-authored three novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime, and has written an original graphic novel, THE CHILL to be published by DC/Vertigo Crime. He lives in New York City.

From Booklist:

Starr revisits the territory of his Nothing Personal (2000), paring the story of a doomed gambler down to its most basic elements for a swift, irresistible plummet through the darkness. Tommy Russo is a struggling actor (is there any other kind?) working as a bouncer and playing the role of his lifetime in his daily portrayal of someone with a soul, in place of which he hosts an unhealthy appetite for long odds and easy money, a fierce temper, and a genius for denial. Pursued by his trusting boss’s boozy wife—more wolverine than cougar—Russo never stops grabbing for the brass ring, and heaven help anyone who gets in his way. Russo embodies addiction’s insatiable sociopathic drive: he is a shark in human form, fated to swim continuously or die, casually devouring lovers, friends, and associates without a second thought. Round and round and round he goes, and where he’ll stop, nobody knows. Pulpy thrills for the Jim Thompson set. --David Wright

About this edition

• Publisher: Hard Case Crime
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 084396118X
• ISBN 13: 9780843961188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 251