Lush Life
Author: Richard Price
“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, scr….Read More
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