The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx (33 page)

THE SWING VOTER OF STATEN ISLAND

by Arthur Nersesian

*The first installment in the F
IVE
B
OOKS OF
M
OSES
series 272 pages, trade paperback, $15.95

“Nersesian’s extravagantly imagined dystopia relies—as did those in Philip Roth’s
Plot Against America
and Michael Chabon’s
Yiddish Policemen’s Union
—on an alternate, counterfactual history.”
—New York Times Book Review

“A sharp, strange read: Imagine William Burroughs and Philip K. Dick sharing a needle.”
—Kirkus Reviews

SUICIDE CASANOVA

by Arthur Nersesian

368 pages, trade paperback, $15.95

“Sick, depraved, and heartbreaking—in other words, a great read, a great book.
Suicide Casanova
is erotic noir and Nersesian’s hard-boiled prose comes at you like a jailhouse confession.”
—Jonathan Ames, author of
The Extra Man

“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 tight, gripping, erotic thriller.”
—Philadelphia City Paper

MANHATTAN LOVERBOY

by Arthur Nersesian

203 pages, a trade paperback original, $13.95

“Best Book for the Beach, Summer 2000.”
—Jane

“Best Indie Novel of 2000.”
—Montreal Mirror

“Part Lewis Carroll, part Franz Kafka, Nersesian leads us down a maze of false leads and dead ends … told with wit and compassion, drawing the reader into a world of paranoia and coincidence while illuminating questions of free will and destiny. Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal

THE FUCK-UP

by Arthur Nersesian

*Original Akashic Books edition with chapter illustrations, available only through direct mail order or
www.akashicbooks.com
274 pages, a trade paperback original, $20

“The charm and grit of Nersesian’s voice is immediately enveloping, as the down-and-out but oddly up narrator of his terrific novel slinks through Alphabet City and guttural utterances of love.”
—Village Voice

EAST VILLAGE TETRALOGY

four plays by Arthur Nersesian

240 pages, a trade paperback original, $14.95

“Award-winning playwright Arthur Nersesian has woven an effective dramatic form through four plays, each quite funny in its own way.”

—Evangelina Borges,
Trying Time Press

“Take four observational pieces, add a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek humor, and tailor them into the play format and you have a collection which earns remarkable distinction.”

—California Bookwatch

BROOKLYN NOIR

edited by Tim McLoughlin

*Winner of the Shamus, Anthony, and Robert L. Fish Memorial Awards 350 pages, a trade paperback original, $15.95

Brand-new stories by: Pete Hamill, Arthur Nersesian, Maggie Estep, Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Ken Bruen, and others.

“
Brooklyn Noir
is such a stunningly perfect combination that you can’t believe you haven’t read an anthology like this before. But trust me—you haven’t. Story after story is a revelation, filled with the requisite sense of place, but also the perfect twists that crime stories demand. The writing is flat-out superb.”

—Laura Lippman, winner of Edgar, Agatha, and Shamus awards

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