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

“The charm and grit of Nersesian’s voice is immediately enveloping, as the down-and-out but oddly up narrator of his terrific novel,
The Fuck-Up,
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 does 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
350 pages, a trade paperback original, $15.95
*Winner of the Shamus, Anthony, and Robert Fish Memorial Awards

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

PARADOXIA: A PREDATOR’S DIARY
by Lydia Lunch
168 pages, a trade paperback original, $13.95
With an introduction by Jerry Stahl and afterword by Thurston Moore

“Paradoxia
reveals that Lunch is at her best when she’s at her worst … and gives voice to her sometimes scary, frequently funny, always canny, never sentimental siren song.”

—Barbara Kruger,
ArtForum

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