false <![CDATA[Fake I.D. (Hard Case Crime #56)]]> 6392334 4 A New York bar bouncer with dreams of being more, Tommy Russo jumps at the chance to join a horse-owning syndicate. But to do so he'll have to pony up $10,000--and that's money he hasn't got. So what's an ambitious young man to do? Anything he has to... <P>First U.S. publication ever! By the Barry and Anthony Award-winning author of THE FOLLOWER, and co-author (with Ken Bruen) of BUST, SLIDE, and THE MAX <P>Four of Starr's novels have been optioned for the movies David Thompson of Houston's Murder By the Book on FAKE I.D.: "Jason Starr--in his first solo Hard Case Crime appearance--shows why he's considered one of THE noir novelists of his generation, and FAKE I.D. is definitely among my favorite of Starr's books!" 907923 2000 Fake I.D. (Hard Case Crime #56) total:34|5:6|4:11|3:15|2:2|1:0| 34 123 55 9 3 1 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 07:46:39 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:20:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 18:26:02 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 22:22:55 -0700 2009 Fake I.D. (2000) did not quite work for me. The cover of the Hard Case Crime reprint asks, "How far would you go to get what you want?," but I found it difficult to relate to (or feel sympathy for) the novel's protagonist, Tommy Russo, who is pretty much a pathetic...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:23:18 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:19:26 -0700 2009
As for Jason Starr...this was an A-B-C-by-the-book story. Not much investigation or insight into the motivations that make Tommy Russo such an idiot (I hope that is what Starr w...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 09:09:09 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 13:12:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 14:35:05 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:38:32 -0700 2009
While the story entertained me, I hated Tommy and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:36:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:38:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:43:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:47:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:32:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:34:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:25:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:40:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 17:40:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:40:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 09:48:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:48:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 12:04:41 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:54:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 04:32:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 05:10:55 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 05:10:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 11:48:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:47:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 12:49:57 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 12:49:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 14:58:33 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 13:57:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 14:58:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 20:57:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:57:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 23:02:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:41:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 20:41:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 20:41:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 11 13:17:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:17:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6392334