The DePinos are miserable, living in a rundown apartment
above a deli on Tenth Avenue. The Sussmans live in a posh
building on the Upper East Side. When Joey DePino loses
his job and is threatened by his bookies and loan shark,
he involves the Sussmans in a sick, desperate plan to pay
off his gambling debts. But ad exec David Sussman has his
own problems trying to stop his suddenly psychopathic
mistress from ruining him, and he won't go down without a
fight. As the lives of the DePinos and the Sussmans become
increasingly intertwined, Joey and David plunge their
families into an amoral world where anything is possible
and nothing is personal. Part crime novel, part
unflinching satire of compulsive gambling, eating
disorders, and cold-blooded evil, Nothing Personal firmly
establishes Jason Starr as one of the most exciting young
noir novelists around.