Lush Life
by Richard Price
Lush Life by Richard Price holds a well received rating of 3.69 out of 5, based on 9.5K reader ratings. First published in 2008. The book spans 464 pages.
About Lush Life
"Price is the greatest writer of dialogue, living or dead, this country has ever produced. Wry, profane, hilarious, and tragic, sometimes in a single line, Lush Life is his masterwork. I doubt anyone will write a novel this good for a long, long time." — Dennis Lehane"So, what do you do?" Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter… But now he's thirty-five years old and he's still living on the Lower East Side, still in the restaurant business, still serving the people he wanted to be. What does Eric do? He manages. Not like Ike Marcus. Ike was young, good-looking, people liked him. Ask him what he did, he wouldn't say tending bar. He was going places--until two street kids stepped up to him and Eric one night and pulled a gun. At least, that's Eric's version.In Lush Life, Richard Price tears the shiny veneer off the 'new' New York to show us the hidden cracks, the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour. Lush Life is an X-ray of the street in the age of no broken windows and "quality of life" squads, from a writer whose "tough, gritty brand of social realism…reads like a movie in prose." — Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Richard Price |
| Published | 2008 |
| Pages | 464 |
| Genres | Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery & Thriller, Fiction, Mystery & Thriller |
| Average Rating | 3.69 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 9,478 |
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What genre is Lush Life?
Lush Life is categorized as Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery & Thriller, Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Mystery & Thriller.
Is Lush Life worth reading?
Based on 9.5K reader ratings, Lush Life has an average score of 3.69 out of 5.00, which is considered "Well Received."
How many pages is Lush Life?
Lush Life has 464 pages.
Who wrote Lush Life?
Lush Life was written by Richard Price. It was first published in 2008.
What is the ISBN for Lush Life?
The ISBN-13 for Lush Life is 9780374299260.0.
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