Thanks for mentioning this book, Chris. Our Sunday newspaper
had a glowing
(syndicated) review of it and two of Price's previous books,
and I was wondering why I'd never heard of him before. The
article said he's a very successful Hollywood screenwriter,
work he does to support himself while he writes books.
Joy, who needs someplace to put TBRs
"Chris Martin" <
cptpipes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You've made this point before, Kevin, but it's a
good point and one I've
> been thinking about a bit lately after reading
SAMARITAN, Richard Price's
> latest.
>
> Like Price's previous two novels, SAMARITAN is set
in a fictional New
Jersey
> city that Price's "ability to understand people and
do research" brings
> alive as vividly as, say, the D.C. of
Pelecanos.
>
> Of course, many of the elements of the book that I
found the most
authentic
> were probably invented wholesale by Price (how could
I know?), but I have
to
> assume that he conducts plenty of shoe-leather
research to supplement his
> already strong imagination, compassion for people,
etc.
>
> That aside, the book is a great read with great
dialogue and (at times)
dark
> humor similar to that of Joe Wambaugh.
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