2010 Longlist
Lush Life
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Lush Life is a tale of two Lower East Sides: one a high-priced bohemia, the other a home to hardship, it’s residents pushed to the edges of their time-honored turf. When a cocky young hipster is shot to death 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.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Price creates a riveting world where several characters connect through an act of violence. Race, poverty and dreams deferred are revealed as characters deal with the aftermath.
A writer with a sharp social conscience, this novel shows the price that must be paid to keep New York’s streets safe for social climbers.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Farrar
Nominating Library