Damn, Jason, very impressive.
Bill, I'd like to suggest we make Lights Out a topic of
discussion for one of the upcoming months.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "crimeflix"
<jmks100@...> wrote:
>
> 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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