A review by shirleytupperfreeman
Lush Life by Richard Price

This is one of the 12 best books of 2008 according to the Wall Street Journal's book reviewers. They refer to the author's gift of "taking a few blocks of NYC pavement and jackhammering through its social strata." That's an apt description. It's very well written and grabbed my attention even though I could not identify with any of the characters or situations -- lots of crime, profanity, drugs, all the seamier stuff of life. One of my goals this year is to read all 12 books on the WSJ list. I figured it would broaden my education. This book certainly has -- though not in ways I expected. On to the next one.