Saturday, March 2, 2013

March 2013: Samaritan by Richard Price


Our book of the month for this March is Samaritan by Richard Price.

From the first Vintage Books edition, 2004:

"Ray Mitchell, a former TV writer who has left Hollywood under a cloud, returns to urban Dempsy, New Jersey, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his struggling neighbors. Instead, his very public and emotionally suspect generosity gets him beaten nearly to death. Ray refuses to name his assailant, which makes him intensely interesting to Detective Nerese Ammons, a friend from childhood, who now sets out to unlock the secret of his reticence. Set against the intensely realized backdrop of urban America, the cat and mouse game that unfolds is both morally complex and utterly gripping."

The author does not have a site, but there is a short bio at the beginning of the novel Samaritan, as well as bio information on Google which you can view by clicking here or on Goodreads which you can view by clicking here. (You may (or may not) need a Goodreads account to view this information).

We will meet on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 7pm at the Atlantic Highlands Branch of the Monmouth County Library located at 100 First Avenue inside the Atlantic Highlands Borough Hall building to discuss Samaritan. 

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