'Lush Life' by Richard Price - Book Club Discussion Questions

In Lush Life, Richard Price tackles the urban jungle and urban family of New York City with empathy and charismatic insight, whether he’s acknowledging the police, stickup boys, drug dealers, shop owners, hipsters or whoever else walks the city sprawl. Use these book club discussion questions on Lush Life to guide your conversation about the novel.

Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions on Lush Life by Richard Price reveal important details about the book. Finish the book before reading on.

1. What were some of your favorite phrases, bits of dialogue?

2. Dennis Lehane said, “Richard Price is the greatest writer of dialogue, living or dead, this country has ever produced.” Do you agree with Lehane’s praise of Price? Why or why not?

3. Why is urban crime fiction not as well respected as other works?

4. What character(s) could you relate to?

5. Are people in general becoming more helpful or more devious?

6. Who did you care about the most at the end of Lush Life?

7. Would you recommend this book to anyone? Why or why not?

8. Rate Lush Life on a scale of 1 to 5.