Lazarus Man (Paperback)

'An affecting novel by a literary urbanologist in top form' - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

'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)

'All of Richard Price's manifold gifts - the voices he can do, those of the street, those of the fuzz; his panoramic plotting; his kinetic prose - these things are steeped, in Lazarus Man, in a new kind of hard-won wisdom that's very mellow and very sweet. His people not only break your heart, they hand you back the pieces so you can peer within and know yourself a little better' - Jonathan Lethem

'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

'For newcomers to Price, Clockers or Lush Life may be a better entry point, but if you stick with Lazarus Man and allow the characters to settle, you'll find more warmth, cynicism and love of life - every kind of life - here than in many novels twice the size' - The Times

'Both a hymn to community, and a love letter to the city' - The i paper

'The Big Apple has had fewer better chroniclers than Price, and his trademark mix of deft social vignettes and vivid colloquial language makes for an engrossing read' - Mail on Sunday

'An atmospheric novel with the trappings of crime fiction' - Spectator

'Price, a writer on TV's The Wire, specialises in tales of working class New Yorkers trying to survive, and this is gritty and compelling stuff' - The Sun