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Richard Price (born October 12, 1949) is an American novelist and screenwriter, known for the books The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992) and Lush Life (2008). Price's novels explore late-20th-century urban America in a gritty, realistic manner that has brought him considerable literary acclaim.
The Wanderers is a novel by the American author Richard Price. It was first published as a book in 1974. The plot is set in the Bronx, New York City, from mid-1962 to mid-1963. [1] Writing and publication. Price was 24 years old when The Wanderers, was published.
- 239 pages
- Richard Price
- 1974
- Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Originally published November 29, 2009 at 12:00 am. A conversation with Richard Price, author of "Clockers," "Lush Life" and — among other things — several episodes of HBO's "The Wire." Price ...
Richard Price (born October 12, 1949) is an American novelist and screenwriter, known for the books The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992) and Lush Life (2008). Price's novels explore late-20th-century urban America in a gritty, realistic manner that has brought him considerable literary acclaim.
Also writes under the pen name Harry Brandt. A self-described "middle class Jewish kid," Price grew up in a housing project in the northeast Bronx. Today, he lives in New York City with his family. Price graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1967 and obtained a BA from Cornell University and an MFA from Columbia.
Mar 2, 2015 · Price, who has written eight books as well as for the TV show “The Wire,” talks with Jeffrey Brown about the four-year writing process behind “The Whites,” as well as why writing a novel ...
