Nersesian, Arthur Suicide Casanova ISBN 13: 9781888451306

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What do Gary Condit, Woody Allen, and OJ Simpson have in common with Leslie Cauldwell, protagonist of Nersesian’s latest offering? They are Suicide Casanovas. What compels powerful men in the prime of their professional lives to risk so much? Following the commercial success of his first three novels (including cult-classic The Fuck-Up; over 50,000 copies in print), Nersesian’s new novel is a psychosexual thriller, a dramatic departure from his youthful black comedies: Humbert Humbert without the pedophile penchant, Hannibal Lechter without the appetite.

Corporate attorney Leslie Cauldwell is middle-aged, handsome, and rich, but has only a few swipes left on his mental Metrocard. During a rough sex session, he garrotes his beloved wife; now he's an officially designated "sex offender," off on a bender, looking for love in all the wrong places.

Twenty years earlier, when his office was high above the pornographic purgatory of Times Square, Leslie became involved with the adult-film star, Sky Pacifica. She needed a refuge, and he was ripe for the using. Following a brief fling, each went their own way. Two decades later, in 2001, Leslie is still working in Times Square recently sanitized with its ESPN Zone and MTV window and fraught with guilt about his "accident" with his wife.

Like Jay Gatsby pursuing an erotic American dream, Leslie, with the help of a private detective, hunts down Sky Pacifica, his latter-day Daisy. Across a landscape of S&M mistresses and porn producers, from L.A. of the 80s to New York of the new millennium, we see a modern-day tale of love and loss, innocence and corruption, crime and redemption.

Arthur Nersesian is the author of The Fuck-Up, Manhattan Loverboy, and Dogrun. The former managing editor of the Portable Lower East Side, he currently lives in New York City.

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WHAT DO BILL CLINTON, JAMES MCGREEVEY, WOODY ALLEN, MICHAEL JACKSON, AND OJ SIMPSON HAVE IN COMMON with Leslie Cauldwell, protagonist of Nersesian’s latest offering? They are Suicide Casanovas. What compels powerful men in the prime of their professional lives to risk so much? Following the commercial success of his first four novels, Suicide Casanova presents a psychosexual thriller, a dramatic departure from his youthful black comedies: Humbert Humbert without the pedophile penchant, Hannibal Lechter without the appetitite.
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"Sick, depraved, and heartbreaking--in other words, a great read."
--Jonathan Ames, author of "The Extra Man"

"The Suicide Casanova for our new millennium is Leslie Cauldwell, a mild-mannered lawyer, voyeuristic pervert, unwitting murderer, lyrical misogynist, craven sex addict, sweaty stalker, off-the-cuff philosopher--the wily, manic, mordantly self-loathing narrator of his own life’s shipwreck on his obsession with a porn star-turned-Long Island soccer mom. Nersesian has written a scathingly original page-turner, hilarious, tragic, and shocking--this may be his most brilliant novel yet."
--Kate Christensen, author of "In the Drink"

"A vivid, compelling psychothriller, "Suicide Casanova" confirms Nersesian’s place as one of New York City’s most important chroniclers. His unique psychological vision of the city rates with those of Paul Auster and Madison Smart Bell."
--Blake Nelson, author of "Girl" and "User"

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  • PublisherAkashic Books
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 1888451300
  • ISBN 13 9781888451306
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages374
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