Lush Life by Richard Price Author of Clockers. A National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Lush Life is 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 to death by a street kd 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. "A big, powerful novel ... outstanding." - Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly "A dark and edgy anatomy of a murder and its unraveling." - Carol Memmott, USA Today "Price is our best, one of the best writers of dialogue in the history of American Literature"- Michael Chabom, The New York Review of Books "Rocket of a book" - David L Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Astonishing ... a wicked pleasure to read." - Adam Woog, The Seattle Times "It's the Bonfire of the Vanities 2.0." - Kyle smith, The Wall Street Journal "Price doesn't iust present a slice of life, he piles life high and deep." - Walter Kirn, The New Yorn Times Book Review "What if, for once, we did not credit Richard Price with having a wonderful ear for dialogue? What if we praised his wonderful mino for dialogue instead ... filled with page after page of vital speech." - James Wood, The New Yorker "An edgy, un-put-down-able new novel" - Vince Passaro, O, The Oprah Magazine "Riveting ... a thoroughly compelling urban drama." - Connie Ogle, Time Miami Herald "His funniest book yet." - Maud Newton, The Boston Globe "Price interrogates the players cops, perps, victims, witnesses - until each one gives up a sreat human truth hidden in his seedy little soul" - Lev Grossman, Time "Unmatched by any other writer working today. He's as cool as they come" - Jonathan Miles, Men's Journal "Price has an eye for detail, ear for dialogue and abiding concern for the big picture that rivals Charles Dickens, Theodore Dreiser, and John Steinbeck." - Mark Athitakis, Star Tribune Pages free from writing, except two black dots on back cover page and dot on bottom fore edge of pages. Outer margin of pages are discolored. Does not affect text. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Protective coating peeling at bottom edge.