Lush Life: A Novel [Paperback]

A National Bestseller
ANew York TimesNotable Book of the Year

One of the most acclaimed novels of the year, Richard PricesLush Lifeis a tale of two Lower East Sides: one a high-priced bohemia, the other a home to hardship, its residents pushed to the edges of their time-honored turf. When a cocky young hipster is shot by a street kid from the other Lower East Side, the crime ripples through every stratum of the city in this brilliant and kaleidoscopic portrait of the new New York, from one of our finest American authors.

Richard Priceis the author of nine previous novelsincludingClockers,Freedomland,The Whites, andLush Lifeall of which have won widespread praise for their vividly etched portrayals of urban America. His award-winning writing for television includesThe Wire,The Night Of,The Deuce, andThe Outsider. His feature film screenplays includeSea of Love,New York Stories, andThe Color of Money. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, the novelist Lorraine Adams.

Mr. Price's most powerful and galvanic work yet, a novel that showcases his sympathy and his street cred and all his skills as a novelist and screenwriter . . . A visceral, heart-thumping portrait of New York City and some of its residents, complete with soundtrack, immortalized in this dazzling prosemovie of a novel. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

A big, powerful novel . . . Its real protagonist is the complicated, tragic, and endlessly fascinating American city street. . . . Outstanding. Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

His prose has never felt more fluid, his plotting is spry. . . . Price's ability to capture and reproduce the rhythm, tone, and evanescent vocabulary of urban life cannot be over-praised: with all due respect to Elmore Leonard, Price is our best, one of the best writers of dialogue in the history ofl£J