Fake I.D.

Raves For the Work of JASON STARR!

“Starr has...a hard-edged style that is clean, cold and extremely chilling.”

—New York Times

“A throwback to the spare, snappy crime writing of Jim Thompson and James M. Cain.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Jason Starr is the first writer of his generation to convincingly update the modern crime novel.”

—Bret Easton Ellis

“A fearless, pitiless writer.”

—Laura Lippman

“The New York sound, the energy, dialog that’s on the beat...Read it and you’ll go hunting for Jason Starr’s other books, I promise.”

—Elmore Leonard

“[A] crackling hot beach read.”

—New York Post

“Diabolically well-plotted.”

—The Literary Review

“Deliciously addictive.”

—Megan Abbott

“Cool, deadpan, a rollercoaster ride to hell.”

—The Guardian

“A hip, white-collar update on the James Cain, Jim Thompson-style novel with a seasoning all its own.”

—Joe R. Lansdale

“His stuff is tough and real and brilliant.”

—Andrew Klavan

“Starr’s got a hip style and an ear for crackling dialogue.”

—Jeffery Deaver

“Bang up to date, but reminiscent of David Goodis and Jim Thompson, Fake I.D. is a powerful novel of the American Dream turning into the American Nightmare that marks Starr out as a writer to follow.”

—Time Out

“An American masterpiece, a piece of great literature while it’s also a great crime novel.”

—Pulpetti

“Demonic, demented, and truly ferocious, and a flat-out joy to read...My book of the year.”

—Ken Bruen