Clockers, Richard Price. Signed First Edition.

“Everybody was full of shit in this game. The cops bullshitted each other, the dealers bullshitted each other, the cops bullshitted the dealers, the dealers bullshitted the cops, the cops took bribes, the dealers ratted each other out. Nobody knew for sure which side anybody was on; no one really knew how much or how little money anybody else was making. Everything was smoke.”

~Richard Price, Clockers.

Richard Price, born in 1949, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His work explores urban American life in a gritty, graphic and realistic manner and his ear for dialogue is second to none. He published his first novel, The Wanderers, in 1974 when he was just 24 and became an instant lit "it" boy. He continued writing novels but also began to focus heavily on writing screenplays, including The Color of Money, New York Stories, Sea of Love, and even scripting Scorsese's video for Michael Jackson's 'Bad' music video.

In 1992 Price published the novel Clockers, to critical acclaim. The novel takes place in the projects of New Jersey, centering on a local drug gang and the dynamics between the dealers, the law, and the community. In 1995 the book was adapted into a film directed by Spike Lee. The book also served as the basis for the hit HBO series, The Wire, where Price served as a writer, working closely with David Simon. This is the first printing, signed by Price on the title page:

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