He has wrote for "The Wire" on hbo, which is one of the best shows evah. Love his books too.

alteredcarbon, I've been a fan of Price ever since reading 'The Wanderers,' as a teenager. It'll be all I can do not to erupt into blabbering fanboyism.

Security at the David Foster Wallace reading got a little nervous... I can only imagine Price. ; )

A living legend -- the Zola of contemporary American writers. Excellent choice, giovanni. And as much as I dislike B&N, the Union Square branch is indeed beautiful -- literally the only chain megabookstore I visit whenever I'm in New York. Have fun.

A living legend -- the Zola of contemporary American writers.

In the blurb of the new book, Russel Banks (a pretty damn good writer himself) calls him a modern day Balzac*. I've never read either Balzac or Zola so I couldn't say.

*whenever I see 'Honore De Balzac,' on the spine of a book, I always think 'Honor Da Ballsack,' which is why I will never be a great writer, although I might have a career in dreaming up porn titles.