Suicide Casanova

Arthur Nersesian

ISBN 10: 1888451300 / ISBN 13: 9781888451306

Published by Akashic Books, 2002

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Hand-signed First Edition in Near Fine Condition. Pages are clean and bright. Spine is straight and tight. Overall a near fine hand-signed first edition!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Suicide Casanova
• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888451300
• ISBN 13: 9781888451306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Used
• Signed: Signed By Author
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Synopsis

Fiction. What do Gary Condit, Woody Allen, and O.J. 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 (MANHATTAN LOVERBOY, THE FUCK-UP, and DOGRUN), Nersesian's new novel is a psychosexual thriller, a dramatic departure from his youthful black comedies. 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. Across a landscape of S&M mistresses and porn producers, we see a modern-day tale of love and loss, innocence and corruption, crime and redemption.

About the Author

Arthur Nersesian (born 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, and poet. Neresian is of Armenian and Irish descent. He was born and raised in New York City. His novels include The Fuck-up, Manhattan Loverboy, dogrun, Chinese Takeout, Suicide Casanova and Unlubricated. He has also published a collection of plays, East Village Tetralogy. He has written three books of poems and one book of plays. In 2005, Nersesian received the Anahid Literary Prize for Armenian Literature for his novel Unlubricated. Nersesian is the managing editor of the literary magazine, The Portable Lower East Side, and was an English teacher at Hostos Community College, City University of New York, in the South Bronx.