- Paperback: 218 pages
- Publisher: No Exit Press; 18th Birthday ed edition (8 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842431633
- ISBN-13: 978-1842431634
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 501,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Once a rising man in a topflight advertising agency, Bill Moss now works as a cold caller at a telemarketing firm in the Times Square area. He's got a bad case of the urban blues, and when a pink slip rather than a promotion comes through, Bill snaps. Now, he's got a dead supervisor on his hands and problems no career counsellor can help him with..
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Jason Starr, author of Cold Caller, Nothing Personal, Fake I.D., Hard Feelings and Twisted City was born in Brooklyn in 1966 and still lives in New York City. After completing a degree in economics at Binghampton University, Starr has concentrated on his classic noir crime fiction, which has been compared to the work of James Cain and Jim Thompson.
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ON MOST DAYS, I wouldn't have said anything. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
At first, it's easy to sympathise with the Bill Moss. He is put upon by every other character.
But, gradually, the real Moss intrudes. And he's not the put upon, grim realist of first impressions. He's a manipulative, over ambitious control freak who will stop at nothing to get between him and promotion.
Grim, bleak and blackly humorous.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book gets darker and darker as the chapters pass. Bill Moss appears to be ordinary. But his actions become increasingly, scarily, extrodinary. Most frightening of all is how easy it is to emphasis with Bill. I wish I had written this book, but I'm not sure I would like others to know I had. I think it gives a unique insight into how males think and might act if pushed beyond reason. An excellent read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cold Caller was Jason Starr's debut novel and if it's anything to go by his other books will definately be worth a read. Bill Moss was once a successful young man but now he is a lowly telemarketer and he'll do ANYTHING to change that. The career mishaps combined with the characters personal problems, such as his obsession with prostitues and his needy girlfriend make for a real page turner that I finished in a few days (unusual for me). This book is recommended to anyone who enjoyed the film Falling Down or who has ever thought they could do a better job than their boss.
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unputdownable
read it in two days. you'll find it hard to believe how you can like the lead character but you do. Good ending too!
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by badreader
Hardboiled noir for anyone who has ever had to wear a telephone...
I bought 3 of these "18 years of No Exit Press" special editions in a 3 for 2 the other day. I have so far only read Cold Caller but if it is anything to go by then I have made a... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2006 by C. Mcsloy
A Pretty Basic Debut
The book's subtitle "A White-Collar Noir" neatly captures the gist of this decent first novel. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2001 by A. Ross
An original and exciting debut.
Bill Moss was once an advertising exec at a prestigious New York firm, but now is a down-at-heels part-time telemarketer. Read more
Published on 31 May 2000 by simonmills47@hotmail.com
excellent, original, insanely funny
Cold caller gives a greater insight into the male psychology than weaker authors such as nick hornby could ever dream of. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 1999
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