Big If

8vo. 315pp. Printed wraps.

A 2002 New York Times Notable Book. Shortlisted for the 2002 National Book Award. The author's second book and first written under his real name. Costello's first novel, Bag Men, was published in 1997 under the pseudonym John Flood, whilst working as a New Jersey federal prosecutor.

A black comedy thriller about a Presidential primary campaign and the security-obsessed Secret Service. "A dazzling performance... Costello has created a thoroughly original universe... With his second novel Costello enters the big leagues of American fiction." –Jay McInerney, New York Times Book Review