"Half a century after launching an astonishing career that includes some of the best crime writing for books and screens, Price has let the mercy in his stories rise to the surface. On the margins, bullets still fly and drugs still flow, but the deadly alleys of Clockers and The Wire give way here to a community just trying to account for its dead and find a way forward . For a nation riven and terrified, Lazarus Man is the strangest of urban thrillers: a thoughtful, even peaceful story about stumbling into new life . Presented in two long sections with a preface and an afterword, the novel remains in relentless motion." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post " Gritty and compassionate . [Price] has an ear for streetwise dialogue and an eye for description . A chorus of voices enlivens every page in a kind of urban opera ." --Leigh Haber, The Los Angeles Times "Price delivers a remarkable excavation of urban angst in this story of a five-story East Harlem tenement building that collapses .
As [Price's] vivid characters cross paths following the tragedy, they compose a searing snapshot of contemporary Harlem annotated with the author's precise observations . Price once again proves he's the bard of New York City street life. " --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Richard Price has long been lauded as an expert observer of urban life in the United States. Lazarus Man , a streetwise story of a small group of New Yorkers brought together unexpectedly by tragedy and the quest for redemption, will only enhance that reputation . With his keen eye, efficiently constructed scenes, and, above all, crisp dialogue . [Price] follows the lives of these world-weary characters over the course of roughly 10 days, while artfully revealing the elements of their pasts that have brought them to this singular moment." --Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness "Richard Price is our peerless dramatizer of the contemporary urban underbelly, reminding us that the beating heart of a city lies within the collective hearts of the denizens shuffling through their demanding lives . " --Booklist.