- Taschenbuch: 311 Seiten
- Verlag: St Martins Pr; Auflage: Reprint (26. Juni 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 031235973X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312359737
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,7 x 14,1 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.483.918 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In high school, Jake Thomas and Ryan Rossetti were two of Brooklyn's most promising baseball players. Jake's natural talent carried him to fame and fortune, and Ryan's love of the curveball led him to elbow surgery and a $10-per-hour job as a painter. The one thing Ryan has that Jake doesn't is the love of Jake's fiancee, Christina--and J. T. is coming home to plan the wedding. Starr's characters, who inhabit unglamorous Canarsie, are capital-L Losers, and it's fun to watch their dimwitted decision making (J. T. thinks that announcing his wedding date will balance the bad PR of a statutory rape charge). They scheme and strive, exerting a remarkable amount of energy to end up, well, pretty much where they were. With his feel for the streets and his diverse cast of characters, this slice of the confused life reads a bit like George Pelecanos or Richard Price without the philosophical heft. Starr sometimes seems like he is coasting, but in his seventh book, he puts it in gear to give us a wickedly entertaining ride down a dead-end street. Keir Graff
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Praise for Jason Starr and Lights Out:
"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, author of The Hot Kid
--Elmore Leonard, author of The Hot Kid
"Lights Out is a fast, furious page-turner. This book is a huge treat."
--Jeffery Deaver, author of The Cold Moon
"Starr's latest crime novel sizzles with streetwise dialogue and furious emotional energy…Highly recommended."
--Library Journal
"A wickedly entertaining ride down a dead-end street."
--Booklist
"A welcome addition to [Starr's] body of quality work."
--Chicago Sun-Times
"Jason Starr is hypnotically good---if you miss him, you're missing some of the best new writing there is."
--Lee Child, author of One Shot: A Jack Reacher Novel
"Starr's finest work to date...a dark, brooding character study that falls somewhere between The Wanderers by Richard Price and Dennis Lehane's Mystic River." --Bookreporter
--Booklist
"A welcome addition to [Starr's] body of quality work."
--Chicago Sun-Times
"Jason Starr is hypnotically good---if you miss him, you're missing some of the best new writing there is."
--Lee Child, author of One Shot: A Jack Reacher Novel
"Starr's finest work to date...a dark, brooding character study that falls somewhere between The Wanderers by Richard Price and Dennis Lehane's Mystic River." --Bookreporter
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grand slam thriller
10. September 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Ryan Rossetti and Jake Thomas made Canarsie High School's baseball team nationally ranked; they were both sure shot major leaguers. Jake reached the big leagues where he stars for the Pirates having just completed an all star season hitting 351. However, Ryan saw his pitching career snap to a sudden halt when he tore a ligament. Whereas Jake is making the big bucks in Pittsburgh, Ryan paints houses back home in Brooklyn for less than a living wage.
Now the superstar is coming back to Canarsie to celebrate his great success and to change his image from an out of control hedonist to a caring give something back to the community person. His agent warns Jake to behave because he will most likely face a statutory-rape arrest that could end his chances of obtaining the big endorsements. Thus Jake returns to Brooklyn as a hero, but also to ask his high school sweetheart, Christina Mercado, whose surname he cannot remember, to marry him. Christina realizes she is candy to sweeten Jake's image and is seeing Ryan. At the same time the triangle plays out in New York City, other locals have grudges with one another that will violently disrupt Jake's triumphant return to the place where his glory started.
From the start readers anticipate tempers overflowing as jealousy, anger, and resentment explode and not just with the baseball players. The story line is action-packed from the moment that readers understand the paths taken by the two former Canarsie superstars and never slows down until the final violent walk off homer. Readers who appreciate a powerfully character driven urban noir will enjoy the aptly named Jason Starr's grand slam thriller.
Harriet Klausner
Now the superstar is coming back to Canarsie to celebrate his great success and to change his image from an out of control hedonist to a caring give something back to the community person. His agent warns Jake to behave because he will most likely face a statutory-rape arrest that could end his chances of obtaining the big endorsements. Thus Jake returns to Brooklyn as a hero, but also to ask his high school sweetheart, Christina Mercado, whose surname he cannot remember, to marry him. Christina realizes she is candy to sweeten Jake's image and is seeing Ryan. At the same time the triangle plays out in New York City, other locals have grudges with one another that will violently disrupt Jake's triumphant return to the place where his glory started.
From the start readers anticipate tempers overflowing as jealousy, anger, and resentment explode and not just with the baseball players. The story line is action-packed from the moment that readers understand the paths taken by the two former Canarsie superstars and never slows down until the final violent walk off homer. Readers who appreciate a powerfully character driven urban noir will enjoy the aptly named Jason Starr's grand slam thriller.
Harriet Klausner
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Gobbled It Up!
4. Januar 2007
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Being a woman who has no interest in competitive sports, I thought I might have less enthusiasm for this Starr novel that centers around a baseball figure, but that is not the case. I ate it like candy. The twisted personalities and dark humor pull you in tight, and the world of the sports star is gripping. My addiction for Starr novels continues.
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A good story!
21. Oktober 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
On one horrible, messy Brooklyn weekend, the lives of Ryan Rosetti and his old high school buddy Jake Thomas intersect with tragic consequences.
Ryan and Jake were rivals on the high school baseball team. Ryan hurt his arm and became a house painter, and Jake went on to play in the major leagues. He is returning home to celebrate getting a ten million dollar signing bonus.
Jake's life is one of orgies, drugs, limos, lawyers, agents and PR people. He is courting his old high school sweetheart, Christina, to plant press stories about an upcoming marriage to quell bad publicity about a threatened statutory rape charge.
Ryan has always loved Christina, and tries to make her see reason--but all she can see is a life in Brooklyn or an easy life for her and her father, although one without love. Her father tells her she can divorce Jake in a few years, with a good settlement. Their lives intersect with some gangster thugs, and shootings, thefts, lies and police investigations follow.
A very dark novel filled with characters caught up in the struggle to survive. They are all trying to make it at different levels: the gangsters, the families in Brooklyn and the wealthy, self-centered sports celebrity.
Armchair Interviews says: A good story of intersecting lives.
Ryan and Jake were rivals on the high school baseball team. Ryan hurt his arm and became a house painter, and Jake went on to play in the major leagues. He is returning home to celebrate getting a ten million dollar signing bonus.
Jake's life is one of orgies, drugs, limos, lawyers, agents and PR people. He is courting his old high school sweetheart, Christina, to plant press stories about an upcoming marriage to quell bad publicity about a threatened statutory rape charge.
Ryan has always loved Christina, and tries to make her see reason--but all she can see is a life in Brooklyn or an easy life for her and her father, although one without love. Her father tells her she can divorce Jake in a few years, with a good settlement. Their lives intersect with some gangster thugs, and shootings, thefts, lies and police investigations follow.
A very dark novel filled with characters caught up in the struggle to survive. They are all trying to make it at different levels: the gangsters, the families in Brooklyn and the wealthy, self-centered sports celebrity.
Armchair Interviews says: A good story of intersecting lives.
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