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In all fairness, I am an ex born and bred Bronx girl. I lived in lower Manhattan in the 70s when it was Funksville...and safe because the mafia still contolled the streets. I never ventured into the lower east side on the other side of Bowery as it was too scary.

Richard Price is an amazing writer. He has the ability to get into a character's head. His writing is compassionate to all sides of the story. His grit is about real life tragedy in novel form. This book is his best yet. I have been reading it non-stop throughout the weekend. Just as he did in his writing for The Wire, he approaches all sides of reality. Unlike when I lived on Elizabeth St., this part of NYC is now ultra-pseudo-hip. With gentrification comes those who watch, disenfranchised in their own neighborhood. The neighborhood becomes their "bank." Price weaves a tale with characters from all the various characters of this lower east side neighborhood. Not surprisingly, it contains echoes of Nicole duFresne's murder in that neighborhood. Outsiders who move in who just don't know how to react to those with harmful intent as they probably never lived in such a melting pot of race and monetary disparity. She said "what are you gonna do? Shoot us?" and got shot dead when all the muggers wanted was their wallets. Ike says, "Not tonight, my man" and he too ends up dead. As Price puts it, suicide by mouth. This books really shows the the disparity between people occupying the same neighborhood. Most of the action is confined to this neighborhood, which includes cops, corner boys, white youngsters trying to be hip, older hipsters who were once young, pioneers who lived in this pre-cool-funky neighborhood, Israelis, Arabs, Latinos and Asians. I love Price's writing as he painstakingly details a short period of time as it unfolds in this murder investigation. He hits the marrow of the bone with his characterization and I hinge on every word as a Price book release is an infrequent cause for celebration. What can I say. I love everything he writes. If you loved The Wire, you will love this. He captures a moment in the ever changing face of downtown Manhattan. BRAVO RICHARD PRICE.


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Lush Life A Novel Richard Price 9780312428228 Books Reviews

Lush Life, the latest book from Richard Price, is, as the jacket describes, essentially a story of two Lower East Sides in New York City one a high priced bohemia, the other a home to hardship, its residents pushed to the edges of their time-honored turf. The plot in Lush Life is a simple one At about four hours into the start of a new day in 2008, three young men mildly acquainted with each other are walking down the street together when a street kid from the "other" Lower East Side stepped up to them and pulled a gun. Within seconds of this encounter, one of the young men is killed and the lives of the other two men are irreparably altered. While this may sound like a mystery that will be filled with suspense and excitement and a variety of twists and turns, be aware that Lush Life has none of these qualities. So, if these qualities are what you want, do not even bother to pick up this book. However, do yourself a large favor and put Lush Life at the top of your reading list when you want to read a book that (1) is filled with extremely well-developed, complex, real-world characters, and (2) masterfully captures the sounds, sights and smells of the world within New York's two Lower East Sides in such a way that you feel you are right there alongside the victims, the perpetrators and the police detectives investigating the murder as the plot unfolds. Lush Life is not a fast-reading book but it is definitely a book that will "stay with you" for a long time after finishing it. If you've read and enjoyed Price's Clockers or Freedomland or Samaritan, or if you were a fan of the HBO series, The Wire (for which Price was a co-writer), you'll know just what kind of excellent experience you're in store for when you become part of the world Price creates in Lush Life.
If you are a fan of Price, you should love this one because it's Price at his best. His feel for city grit has never been more sure-footed, his prose more honed. This is a who-done-it in reverse, which allows him to describe his characters, and the ways they break, hustle, compromise and make uneasy piece with their lost dreams, from the inside. Many seem just one small step away from grace. This is a story about the ways in which that step becomes postponed, or forgotten, described in a way that invites not pity, but identification . A very good read.
In all fairness, I am an ex born and bred Bronx girl. I lived in lower Manhattan in the 70s when it was Funksville...and safe because the mafia still contolled the streets. I never ventured into the lower east side on the other side of Bowery as it was too scary.

Richard Price is an amazing writer. He has the ability to get into a character's head. His writing is compassionate to all sides of the story. His grit is about real life tragedy in novel form. This book is his best yet. I have been reading it non-stop throughout the weekend. Just as he did in his writing for The Wire, he approaches all sides of reality. Unlike when I lived on Elizabeth St., this part of NYC is now ultra-pseudo-hip. With gentrification comes those who watch, disenfranchised in their own neighborhood. The neighborhood becomes their "bank." Price weaves a tale with characters from all the various characters of this lower east side neighborhood. Not surprisingly, it contains echoes of Nicole duFresne's murder in that neighborhood. Outsiders who move in who just don't know how to react to those with harmful intent as they probably never lived in such a melting pot of race and monetary disparity. She said "what are you gonna do? Shoot us?" and got shot dead when all the muggers wanted was their wallets. Ike says, "Not tonight, my man" and he too ends up dead. As Price puts it, suicide by mouth. This books really shows the the disparity between people occupying the same neighborhood. Most of the action is confined to this neighborhood, which includes cops, corner boys, white youngsters trying to be hip, older hipsters who were once young, pioneers who lived in this pre-cool-funky neighborhood, Israelis, Arabs, Latinos and Asians. I love Price's writing as he painstakingly details a short period of time as it unfolds in this murder investigation. He hits the marrow of the bone with his characterization and I hinge on every word as a Price book release is an infrequent cause for celebration. What can I say. I love everything he writes. If you loved The Wire, you will love this. He captures a moment in the ever changing face of downtown Manhattan. BRAVO RICHARD PRICE.