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So, what do you do?” Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter . . . But now he’s thirty-five years old and he’s still living on the Lower East Side, still in the restaurant business, still serving the people he wanted to be. What does Eric... read more
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Summary edit
An aspiring writer and practising bartender is shot dead in a mugging gone wrong on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It’s written by a screen-writer for The Wire – what more do you need to know?
Characters/People edit
- Matty Clark: Add a description of this character.
- Yolonda
- Eric Cash
- Billy Marcus
- Berkowitz
- Isaac Marcus
- Lugo
- Daley
- Steven Boulware
- Minette Davidson
- Harry Steele
- Mullins
- Nina
- Tristan
- Danny
- Bobby
- Ike Marcus
- Irma Nieves
- Fenton Ma
- Eddie
- Nazir
- Nikki
- Eldridge
- Berkmann
- Little Dap
- Clarence
- Tucker
- Beck
- Mattv
- Mangold
- Fredro
- Upshaw
- Lindsay
- Randal
- Pitt
- Kendra
- Geohagan
First Sentence edit
The Quality of Life Task Force: four sweatshirts in a bogus taxi set up on the corner of Clinton Street alongside the Williamsburg Bridge off-ramp to profile the incoming salmon run; their mantra: Dope, guns, overtime; their motto: Everyone's got something to lose.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 8 of 10 in TIME Magazine Best of the Decade. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Price (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0374299250
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0374299250
Page Count: 464
Awards edit
- Pen/Faulkner Award (Finalist, 2009: Fiction)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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