Karin,
I think all six of his novels are great and recommend them
all. It's funny you should mention Ann Beattie in the same
post. Although not noir I really enjoyed Chilly Scenes of
Winter and I think it influenced a lot of writers. For other
quirky crime novels try Motherless Brooklyn if you've not yet
read it.
Jeff
> The first couple of chapters seemed very familiar. I
was wondering if I
had read the book before. But no, it was just that the
characters were similar to those in Hard Feelings or Nothing
Personal. I was reminded of Anne Beattie or Alice Munro with
their huge casts of semi-interchangeable characters. (Sorry,
Jason.) But they aren't really interchangeable. They just
share a background and habits and aspirations: this is
"white-collar noir," as it says on the cover.
>
> Jason Starr makes criminals of the most ordinary
middle-class
professionals. And the plots have very dark twists and turns,
with very good endings.
>
> Now I've read four of his books and still have a few
to go. Highly
recommendable.
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