Hey, Jason Starr here to let you know that my new novel (and
first American hardcover) LIGHTS OUT (St. Martin's Minotaur)
is now on sale. The launch party is Tuesday Sept 26 at the
Black Orchid Bookshop in NYC and all are welcome. Below is
the full LIGHTS OUT tour schedule, as well as some more info
about the book. Also, Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology
(Vintage Books), a book of fiction and non-fiction I
co-edited with Maggie Estep is now on sale. It includes new
work from Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Lee Child, Scott
Phillips, Wallace Stroby, Laura Hillenbrand, Jane Smiley,
Jerry Stahl, Daniel Woodrell, Charlie Stella, Maggie Estep,
Jason Starr, and more. Thank you and hope to see you soon!
Jason
LIGHTS OUT by Jason Starr
A Book Sense Notable Selection, October 2006
"'Lights Out' has the New York sound, the energy, dialogue
that's on the beat...Read it and you'll go hunting for Jason
Starr's other books, I promise."
-Elmore Leonard
" Lights Out is a fast, furious page-turner from the git-go.
Starr's got a hip style and an ear for crackling dialogue.
And he offers up characters that are so real we're sure we
know them. This book is a huge treat." -Jeffery Deaver
Ryan Rossetti and Jake Thomas were the two Major League-bound
rivals on their high school baseball team, heading straight
into history as the first two of Canarsie's favorite sons to
make it out and make it big. Until Ryan hurt his pitching arm
and landed a $10 dollar an hour life as a house painter.
Lucky Jake made it all the way, and he and his $10 million
signing bonus are heading back for a publicity-motivated
homecoming weekend that has all of Brooklyn waiting to
explode in celebration.
But he's got a nasty surprise in store: Ryan is involved in
an intense, addictive relationship with Jake's
fiancé¥ Christina, who now faces a choice between love in a
Brooklyn tenement or a heartless marriage on Easy Street.
None of the three have any idea what's about to play out in
the streets they once all called home. Lights Out is vintage
Jason Starr, a razor sharp crime novel that brilliantly
combines biting social satire, explosive suspense, and
honest, revealing human drama.
"Marking his hardcover debut, Starr's latest crime novel
sizzles with streetwise dialog and furious emotional energy.
His latest contribution to the world of crime fiction is a
home run. Highly recommended. -Library Journal (Starred
Review)
"This slice of the confused life reads a bit like George
Pelecanos or Richard Price...a wickedly entertaining ride
down a dead-end street. - Booklist
"(A) strangely fascinating riff off classic noir.... Starr is
a master at portraying Brooklyn as a dark corner of hell."
-Publishers Weekly
"Lights Out will vault Jason Starr into the top ranks of
"literary" crime writers, with George Pelecanos and Dennis
Lehane and Richard Price... Angry and compassionate, funny
and bleak. Well done."
-Answer Girl (blogspot)
"The Rube Goldberg plot hurls these raging citizens together
with all the energy of a nuclear-powered kaleidoscope. It's
obvious that the end will be violent, but which specific acts
of violence are anyone's guess. .. The result is scorching.
-Kirkus Reviews
"A scorching thriller... Jason Starr has an excellent ear for
dialogue which brings his characters vividly to life."
-Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph (U.K.)
"Like George Pelecanos at his best, Jason Starr manages to
get inside the heads of his characters, both black and white,
and with Lights Out punches more than his weight." -Mark
Timlin, Independent on Sunday (U.K.)
"An outrageous black comedy." -Bookends (Editor's Pick)
(U.K.)
"With "Lights Out" Jason Starr has raised the level of his
game by yet another, seemingly impossible notch and created a
chrome-shiny- cynical, cautionary tale of hard-head city
dwellers, whacked out crack-heads and sports jocks. He is the
closest thing you'll ever get to Tarantino in text. Good
doesn't begin to describe just how damn good he is." -Paul
Blezard, Oneword Radio (U.K.)
"For the perfect guilty pleasure, first acquire a copy of
this new book by Jason Starr. Next, lock the door, switch off
the television, turn on the answering machine and chill a
bottle of your favourite poison. Then read... and continue
reading, probably till 3am, as it'll completely hook you. A
tight, thrilling novel that won't let go or disappoint."
-Ottakar's Bookshop, Recommended Reads (U.K.)
"Jason Starr is the real deal in a world where a lot of
people are faking it, a fearless, pitiless writer. The result
is a compelling, fierce body of work by a prodigious talent."
-Laura Lippman
"Jason Starr is hypnotically good - if you miss him, you're
missing some of the best new writing there is." -Lee
Child
"Lights Out is compulsively readable, sidesplittingly funny
and absolutely merciless....Starr's fresh take on our flawed
human condition may bring howls of outrage but in the
tradition of the great satirists, you can't stop reading."
Denise Hamilton
"Jason Starr is a leader of the new noir movement." - George
P. Pelecanos
Tuesday September 26 @ 6:30 pm Black Orchid Mystery Bookshop,
New York City with Maggie Estep
Thursday September 28-Monday October 1 Bouchercon World
Mystery Convention: Madison, WI
Monday October 2 @ 7:00 pm Once Upon a Crime,
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday October 3 @ 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book, Houston, TX
with Donna Moore, Joe R. Lansdale
Wednesday October 4 @ 7:00 p.m. Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ
with Steve Hamilton, Eddie Muller
Thursday, October 5 @ 7:00 M is for Mystery, San Mateo,
CA
Saturday, October 7 @ 1:00 Mysteries to Die For.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Saturday October 7 @ 4:00 The Mystery Bookstore, Los Angeles,
CA
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