A building explodes in Harlem in 2006, and a cast of characters are affected either directly or indirectly by the blast. Anthony Carter survives being buried under the rubble. Felix Pearl takes photographs of the event. Royal Davis owns a failing funeral home very close to the disaster. Mary Roe, a New York City policewoman, is obsessed with finding a man whose wife died in the explosion. Each of these characters have a history that influences how they react to the disastrous event.

I have been waiting for Richard Price to come out with a new novel for quite some time. It was worth the wait. Lazarus Man does take sometime to get into and understand the characters, but it eventually all comes together.