Book Love: Lush Life

I've been reading the book Lush Life by Richard Price. I love it. It's very riveting. It's a homicide/mystery (but not really?) set in New York City. It's written so realistically I actually feel like I'm living in the book, which is scary because it's about homicide.


Here's the thing. I kept describing this book to people as The Wire, if The Wire was about homicide and set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Last night a friend asked me about the author so I opened the book jacket and began reading about 'ol Richard Price. Guess what? He won an award for co-writing episodes of The Wire. I feel like a semi-genius for recognizing a similar writing style. I'm not, but I feel like one.

Now go read this book.