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At 32 years old, Tommy Russo's dream of becoming a famous actor is fading fast, and he is splitting his time between gambling during the day and working nights as a bouncer at a Manhattan bar. When an opportunity comes along to join a smalltime horse-owning syndicate, Tommy jumps at the chance. Suddenly, he has a new dream -- he could be a famous horse owner, in the winner's circle at Hollywood Park. The only problem is that he needs ten thousand dollars to join the syndicate. What begins with white lies and petty crime, quickly escalates to robbery and murder, as Tommy loses touch with reality in a terrifying quest for fame.

TIME OUT: "Bang up to date, but reminiscent of David Goodis and Jim Thompson, Fake I.D. is a powerful novel of the American Dream turning into American Nightmare that marks Starr out as a writer to follow."

THE LITERARY REVIEW: "Low life diligently trawled by a master of the genre...Ruthlessly good; definitively noir. A flinty, flawless entry in the annals of ill luck."

THE HERALD, GLASGOW: "Fake I.D. is a welcome oddity. A chilling account of the disintegration of a loser, it assumes the voice of a killer with an icy conviction."

UNCUT: "Likeable and fast-moving"

WATERSTONES ON-LINE: "Starr's best book yet. Echoing the neo-noir feel of Cold Caller and Nothing Personal...up there with the best of Jim Thompson, Charles Willeford and David Goodis."