- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: No Exit Press; New edition edition (16 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1901982998
- ISBN-13: 978-1901982992
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 589,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Joey is a compulsive gambler, who decides to concoct a plan to pay off his debts. But as he works on the intricacies of the plan four problematical lives are about to collide and if somebody does not stop Joey and his psychopathic partner in crime the NYPD will have more murders on their hands. From the author of COLD CALLER.
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Some Recent Reviews of Nothing Personal
THE IRISH TIMES (Dublin): "A weirdly original modern noir tale reminiscent of Jim Thompson or David Goodis." LITERARY REVIEW (London): "Bleak, diabolically well-plotted noir thriller...Gentle readers should take heed." THE BARCELONA REVIEW [on-line]: "Wholly satisfying. Nothing Personal is a fast, well-paced and well-plotted domestic crime thriller" BOOKENDS [on-line]: "The King of Noir is back. It doesn't get any darker or funnier than this." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
THE IRISH TIMES (Dublin): "A weirdly original modern noir tale reminiscent of Jim Thompson or David Goodis." LITERARY REVIEW (London): "Bleak, diabolically well-plotted noir thriller...Gentle readers should take heed." THE BARCELONA REVIEW [on-line]: "Wholly satisfying. Nothing Personal is a fast, well-paced and well-plotted domestic crime thriller" BOOKENDS [on-line]: "The King of Noir is back. It doesn't get any darker or funnier than this." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Starr creates another nasty noir thriller!
15 April 2000
Format:Paperback
I can think of a lot of adjectives to describe Jason Starr's latest novel like: dark; disturbing; exciting; funny; crafty; thoughtful; and, depressing. My top two, however, are gripping and complex. It's gripping because you have, at most, 3 pages to relax, and then, if you don't want to ignore more important things than reading this book, you must be clinically obsessive-compulsive. It is complex because, once again Starr creates accurate portrayals of people we know and must both sympathize with as well as detest by the end of the story.
Starr's ability to peel away the superficial layers of sanity, sobriety and humanity that his protagonists hide behind, is disarming and terrifying. By the end of the story almost every character is both a predator and victim. The story is dark, cold, exciting and tense, but with enough "justice" such that you should be able to face your friends and neighbors again with a manageable amount of contempt.
If you like Brooklyn and New York settings you will probably love their portrayals here. Starr is able to accurately capture the ambience of two distinct worlds that lay side by side and constantly grind and bump with tension. Starr knows New York and presents it in a way that is inciteful but not overbearing.
Starr's story is always well plotted with an exceptional interweaving of two worlds that ultimately collide. At times, I was repulsed, scared, angry and excited by this unpredictable story.
As with his previous novel, Starr blends much of societies culturally chic obsessions and pathos with humor. He also seems to be able to accurately portray, even with some sympathy, the psychological traumas of chosen and popular lifestyles.
So...do you like noir? Do you like well written suspense? Do like dark, dark humor and enjoy twisted justice? If you can answer yes to any one of these questions, you'll love this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Noir at its best
2 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
At thirty-five years old, Joey DePino worries about what the bookies and loan shark will do to him. However, Joey is more concerned about how his wife Maureen will react if she learns about his gambling debts. Frankie the bookie has already cut off Joey's credit and two thugs employed by Carlos the loan shark has cost him two stitches and bruised ribs. Joey also lost his job for lunching too long at OTB, but feels one more bet, perhaps the Pacers against the Magic will make things right.
Ad executive David Sussman was strutting just a week ago about his affair with employee Amy Lee. Now he panics that the obsessed Oriental will destroy his life. She threatens to call his wife if David fails to marry her and who knows what she will do to his daughter. David wonders how he will end his relationship with the troubled Amy. Maureen and Leslie have been friends since school, but soon their lives will intertwine through the actions of their spouses in a way neither could have predicted.
NOTHING PERSONAL is a dark urban noir that takes the audience into an amoral world where beating the rap is more important than accountability for one's activities. On the surface Joey and David seem like two radically different personalities, but they react to their crisis in similar ways, mostly not wanting it to reach their wives. The characters are fully drawn so that the audience understands the two couples even Amy's fatal attraction. Jason Starr lives up to his surname with this taut thriller that climaxes with an intriguing unexpected twist.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I loved this book and went and read all other books by Jason
24 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
This book is an edge of your seat tension building plot that held my interest grippingly. I read it in one night and then the next day went and bought every other book written by Jason Starr. They are all brilliant. I love the New York setting in the dead end type jobs with the tension between the boss and main character. The marital tension. So well-written and clever. I haven't read a similar book and it was joy to read something different and intriguing.
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