{"product_id":"9781888451665","title":"Suicide Casanova","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Fuck-Up\u003c\/i\u003e ; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorporate 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike 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\u0026amp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eArthur Nersesian \u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fuck-Up, Manhattan Loverboy\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eDogrun\u003c\/i\u003e . The former managing editor of the \u003ci\u003ePortable Lower East Side\u003c\/i\u003e , he currently lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available by Arthur Nersesian\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManhattan Loverboy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TP $13.95, 1-888451-09-2 • CUSA\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fuck-Up\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TP $13.00, 1-888451-03-3 • CUSA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032874434800,"sku":"9781888451665","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781888451665_p0.jpg?v=1763607286","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781888451665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}