{"product_id":"lazarus-man-by-richard-price-9781472159922","title":"Lazarus Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An engrossing read'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn atmospheric novel with the trappings of crime fiction'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth a hymn to community, and a love letter to the city\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe i paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of \u003ci\u003eClockers\u003c\/i\u003e and a writer on \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, provides us a razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarlem, 2008.\u003c\/strong\u003e In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, crushing the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city's rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighbourhood descends into chaos. At day's end, six bodies are recovered, and many more tenants are still missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Carter--whose miraculous survival, after being buried for days beneath tons of brick and stone, transforms him into a man with a message and a passionate sense of mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFelix Pearl--a young transplant to the city, whose photography and film work that day provokes in this previously unformed soul a sharp sense of personal destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal Davis--owner of a failing Harlem funeral home, whose desperate trolling of the scene for potential \"customers\" triggers a quest to find another path in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Mary Roe--a veteran city detective who, driven in part by her own family's brutal history, becomes obsessed with finding Christopher Diaz, one of the building's missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePowerful and gripping, \u003ci\u003eLazarus Man\u003c\/i\u003e depicts intertwining portraits of a group of compelling characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster, from one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461148360940,"sku":"9781472159922","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472159922-lazarus-man.jpg?v=1774958850","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lazarus-man-by-richard-price-9781472159922","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}