Ladies' Man - Softcover

Price, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380774755 ISBN 13: 9780380774753

Publisher: Avon Books, 1993

Synopsis

Abandoned by his live-in girlfriend, Kenny Becker, an unemployed door-to-door salesman, sets off to explore his new freedom, and his journey takes him through singles bars, peep shows, massage parlours, and other questionable destinations in New York's underground. By the author of CLOCKERS.

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Review:

"A novel of passion and depth, written with great precision and control.""--""The Washington Post Book World"

"Price knows the language, mores, herding instincts, and hunting habits of the bottom-class urban young just about as well as Margaret Mead got to know those who come of age in Samoa."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, "The""New York Times"

""Ladies' Man" brilliantly portrays the dark side of youthful passion seeking release in a big-city environment."--"St. Louis"" Post-Dispatch"

A novel of passion and depth, written with great precision and control. "The Washington Post Book World"

Price knows the language, mores, herding instincts, and hunting habits of the bottom-class urban young just about as well as Margaret Mead got to know those who come of age in Samoa. "Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times"

"Ladies' Man" brilliantly portrays the dark side of youthful passion seeking release in a big-city environment. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch""

"A novel of passion and depth, written with great precision and control." --The Washington Post Book World

"Price knows the language, mores, herding instincts, and hunting habits of the bottom-class urban young just about as well as Margaret Mead got to know those who come of age in Samoa." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

"Ladies' Man brilliantly portrays the dark side of youthful passion seeking release in a big-city environment." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the Author:

Richard Price is the author of seven novels, including Lush Life, Clockers, Freedomland, and Samaritan. He wrote the screenplays for the films Sea of Love, Ransom, and The Color of Money, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best TV writing as a co-writer for the HBO series The Wire. Price was also awarded a Literature Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0380774755
• ISBN 13: 9780380774753
• Binding: Paperback