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More copies of this ISBN:Hard Feelingsby Jason Starr
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Things aren’t going so well for Richie Segal. His prospects at the job are pretty miserable and, what’s more humiliating, his wife’s prospects at her job are pretty good. Richie knows he’s a good salesman, but he just can’t seem to land an account. And he’s starting to drink again. And worry about whether Paula’s seeing that old high school flame, or maybe someone new. It’s a little early, at thirty-four, for a mid-life crisis, but that’s pretty much what it feels like. And there’re those unwelcome memories of the neighborhood bully, Michael Rudnick and what he did to Richie when he was thirteen. Richie Segal’s feeling, well, abused. Just when Richie’s about as low as he can get, he runs into Rudnick on the street and knows exactly what he needs to do. And suddenly things seem to be going much better. That is until they get much, much worse. In the classic tradition of Jim Thompson and James M. Cain, Hard Feelings is novel that lets us into the mind of an ordinary guy capable of things that even he couldn’t have imagined. Review:"Jason Starr is the first writer of his generation to convincingly update the modern crime novel by giving it provocative new spins and Hard Feelings is his most accomplished thriller yet. It might be new-school noir but like the classics of the genre it has a brutal escalation of tension, pungent dialogue, a hardboiled simplicity and grace, and a whopper of an ending. It's also darkly funny and a pure pleasure to read. As you race through it you realize that Jim Thompson has just moved to Manhattan." Bret Easton Ellis Review:"[An] effectively bleak successor to Jim Thompson and David Goodis.... fans of noir bump into another author who can bring them down and cut loose with a savage kick to the ribs." Publishers Weekly Review:"Starr's latest wicked concoction... does a convincing and entertaining job of revealing the killer within.... Hard Feelings dances a mesmerizing tango between reality and its menacing shadow." Time Out New York Review:"Starr has plowed the shadows of his brittle characters and their selfish lives, depicting them in a hard edged style that is clean, cold and extremely chilling." New York Times Book Review Review:"Starr captures the madness of vengeance and deftly portrays a marriage that's all rough edges in this dark and disturbing novel." The Detroit Free Press Synopsis:In the classic tradition of Jim Thompson, "Hard Feelings" lets readers into the mind of an ordinary guy capable of things that even he couldn't have imagined. About the AuthorJason Starr lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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