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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Harper Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-05-13 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 512 Ean: 9780061573132 Book Isbn: 0061573132  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers his first novel--a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original. Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines--some never to be seen again--but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home. Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles. |
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Written on September 15, 2008 Summary: I still like James i have long waited for james new book after reading his 'memoir' the million pieces and leonard book. it's a very different thing but i still like it it's about LA, i can see there are lots of research and ground work done but...it's the message it's bringing out touches me still colors, races, dreams, destruction, lust, obsession, love, abuse, violence...which cities do not have these elements, but LA seeems to have an exagerrating amount of these adding all up james bring it to our attention and in a very vivid way he is so good at bringing us VIVID pictures through words i want to read his 4th books  Written on September 13, 2008 Summary: A Dull Pennysworth of Cliches Frey is yet another easterner--Cleveland born, NYC resident--who finds the need to tell us Angelinos what we're about. Only he's brought nothing new to the party. Some reviewers have already pointed out the most egregious cliches. But the worst of them are not only cliched, but essentially false. E.g., a transplanted New Yorker brought west to run an art gallery is run over crossing the street by an MTA bus because the driver "wasn't used to seeing pedestrians". When we lived in Hollywood, my wife worked in the North Valley and had to use our only car. I walked. All over. I even used public trans(!). Never got run over. Not even close. One of the first things drivers in Cali are taught is that pedestrians *always* have the right of way, crosswalk or no. I've lived for the past 15 years in NYC. Here I've come a lot, lot closer to getting run down, both as pedestrian and bicyclist (in fact I got hit twice while bicycling). Pedestrians have a far, far more problematic relationship with motorists than in LA. Another point of contention is that hoariest of assertions: "It calls. It calls. It calls!" Really? How 'bout NYC? It calls (I run into a tankload of Angelinos and other Californians here). So does Chicago. So does any major metropolitan center. Frey is just showing off his regionalism here. Other points that may seem niggling demonstrate disrespect for basic facts: e.g. according to Frey you can buy a handgun one day and pick it up the next in LA. That's not true. There's been a 14 day waiting period for handgun purchases in California since shortly after RFK's murder. Frey's style is interesting, but he has yet to master the minimalist punctuation the way Cormac McCarthy has. In Morning it's more of a nuisance than a means of improving flow. Andy  Written on September 10, 2008 Summary: A few interesting parts I found most of the book to be self involved and uninteresting, but perhaps that was the point since it was about LA. There were about 3 story lines I was interested in , and I did skim thru the book to read about those characters. Otherwise I found most of it bland and banal , with the story lines just above a Danielle Steel novel. The most annoying thing was , when I was recently in Britain , I saw an interview with James Frey on the BBC. He explained that some of the "facts" about LA , that begin many of the chapters, are entirely made up , and false. It seems someone has a wee bit of problem with the truth. Written on September 7, 2008 Summary: Good Read for Frey fans This is a great book. Especially if you are from LA and can relate to a lot of what the characters experience. Its true that a few pages are a bit too detailed and you end up skipping over some of the useless info, but as far as character relationships and story lines go- I was captivated. Read all 500 pgs in a week and wish there was more. Id like to see individual spin offs on some of the stories as well. Good read if you enjoyed his other books... similiar style.  Written on September 5, 2008 Summary: Absorbing and Fascinating This is an amazing book about people (Angelenos) and a place (Los Angeles) that I have not given much thought to before now. What a history Los Angeles has. What a diverse population James writes about in this unusual novel. I learned so much about the residents of LA and people, in general, from this book, their thoughts, intentions and motives. All, just people, looking for love, in one way or another. James Frey writes an incredible book that had me reading far into the night, fascinated by this interesting trip to LA and all it's madness. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-05-13 | 2008-06-03 | 2008-04-29 | 2008-09-19 | 2008-04-22 | 2008-05-13 |
| Media | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 512 | 336 | 256 | 576 | 264 | 342 |
| Ean | 9780061573132 | 9780316143479 | 9780312342029 | 9780061768064 | 9781416954125 | 9780312348670 |
| Book Isbn | 0061573132 | 0316143472 | 0312342020 | 0061768065 | 1416954120 | 0312348673 |
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