Suicide Casanova

Fiction. What do Gary Condit, Woody Allen, and O.J. Simpson have in common with Leslie Cauldwell, protagonist of Nersesian's latest offering? They are Suicide Casanovas. Following the commercial success of his first three novels (MANHATTAN LOVERBOY, THE FUCK-UP, and DOGRUN), Nersesian's new novel is a psychosexual thriller, a dramatic departure from his youthful black comedies. Corporate 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. Across a landscape of S&M mistresses and porn producers, we see a modern-day tale of love and loss, innocence and corruption, crime and redemption.