Pimp

“To add to the already outlandish black comedy, the authors make liberal use of a wide variety of celebrity’s names to further illustrate the absurd situations portrayed, as well as double- (and) triple-crosses, blunders, miscalculations, violence, sex and blackmail. All in good fun.” - Midwest Book Review“Fast-paced, engrossingly entertaining, Pimp is outrageously funny.” - New York Journal of Books“In Bruen and Starr’s scattershot fourth Max Fisher noir (after 2008’s The Max), a new designer drug called PIMP (an acronym for peyote, insulin,mescaline, and psychosis) is poised to give the ne’er-do-well New York City “businessman” (i.e., drug dealer) another shot at the big time. Since the first book in the series, 2006’s Bust, in which Max and his secretary, Angela Petrakos, plotted to kill his wife, Max has fallen on hard times, appearing after his plastic surgery “like Philip Seymour Hoffman after the autopsy.” Meanwhile, Angela has stumbled as well, making a living in porn. But she’s caught a break, too. In a metafictional twist, a movie of Bust is in heated development, and she’s determined to produce and star. The usual torrent of pop culture references (and relentless self-references) heap satire on filmmaking and crime writing as Bruen and Starr take a comic look back at their initial collaboration. Longtime fans may enjoy the 10th-anniversary antics, but new readers might want to start with Bust and work their way up.” - Publishers Weekly“I want to kill these guys-except I can’t stop laughing long enough.”-Lee Child “Downright hilarious and bloodthirsty in the best possible way.With all the dirt and more you could ask about Hollywoodand the world of crime publishing.”-Maxim Jakubowski “Perfect for those who like to laugh while the blood flows.”-Booklist“You won’t put this delightfully twisted novel down until the last hot page, and then reluctantly.” - Marvin Minkler First Editions“PIMP is a wild ride of sheer fun and entertainment. Fans of both Bruen and Starr will love this book…. Hard Case Crime once again proves why they are the greatest hard-boiled and noir publishing house in the world.” - BookReporter “This hilarious series and its hapless, deluded main characters is like no other in the entire contemporary crime fiction world.” - Bookgasm

Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen was nominated for nearly every major award in the mystery field (and won the Shamus Award) for his book The Guards, the first in his series about Jack Taylor and his first book to be published in the United States. In addition to his work as a novelist, Bruen has a Ph.D. in metaphysics and spent 25 years as a teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America.

Jason Starr

Jason Starr is the internationally bestselling author of many crime thrillers, including Tough Luck, Twisted City, and The Follower, and his books have been published in over a dozen languages. He has also co-written several novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime. His work in comics for Marvel, DC, Vertigo, and Boom! Studios has featured Wolverine, the Punisher, Batman, Doc Savage, and Justice Inc. Many of his books are in development for film and television. Starr has won the Anthony Award for mystery fiction twice, as well as the Barry Award. He was born in Brooklyn and lives in Manhattan.

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