George Pelecanos on Richard Price

George Pelecanos has an excellent essay on Richard Price over at the National Book Critics Circle blog.

Here's a snippet:

[Price's] books are a record of America at a certain time. David [Simon] and I have talked about this many times--we think that Clockers is The Grapes of Wrath of our generation. And I really feel that way. I think it’s as important a book.

Pelecanos also talks about how Price's writing helped open up his own novels to new themes and possibilities.

Definitely read the whole thing. It's not very long.

Comments

[Con Lehane]

Hey, David

Thaks for the commentary by Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos on Richard Price. Helluva trio, right?