Books, Arts & Manners: Getting Real

Freedomland, by Richard Price (Broadway, 546 pp., $25)

TO an almost unnatural degree, Richard Price’s writing is marked by a quality that is known as “street cred.” Street cred is what allows a man to pass unscathed through the mean streets of the big city. It is the possession of those who can walk the walk and talk the talk. It’s an ugly world out there and Mr. Price is giving it to us straight.

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Freedomland, by Richard Price (Broadway, 546 pp., $25)

TO an almost unnatural degree, Richard Price’s writing is marked by a quality that is known as “street cred.” Street cred is what allows a man to pass unscathed through the mean streets of the big city. It is the possession of those who can walk the walk and talk the talk. It’s an ugly world out there and Mr. Price is giving it to us straight.