Lunar Park (Vintage Contemporaries) - Softcover

Ellis, Bret Easton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375727272 ISBN 13: 9780375727276

Publisher: Vintage, 2006

Synopsis

Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is the bestselling writer whose first novel Less Than Zero catapulted him to international stardom while he was still in college. In the years that followed he found himself adrift in a world of wealth, drugs, and fame, as well as dealing with the unexpected death of his abusive father. After a decade of decadence a chance for salvation arrives; the chance to reconnect with an actress he was once involved with, and their son. But almost immediately his new life is threatened by a freak sequence of events and a bizarre series of murders that all seem to connect to Ellis's past. His attempts to save his new world from his own demons makes Lunar Park Ellis's most suspenseful novel.

In this chilling tale reality, memoir, and fantasy combine to create not only a fascinating version of this most controversial writer but also a deeply moving novel about love and loss, parents and children, and ultimately forgiveness.

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Review:

"Addictive. . . . Sublime. . . . Exquisite. . . . Stirringly executed. . . . A phantasmagoria of love and loss, a fusion of hallucination and wisdom."-The New York Times

"The deftness with which Ellis handles an entertaining and suspenseful plot, as well as a sophisticated play between truth and fiction, real selves and imagined selves, is impressive. Lunar Park is not only enjoyable and consuming, but insightful."-San Francisco Chronicle

"John Cheever writes The Shining. . . . A strange triumph. . . . Here is a book that progresses from darkness and banality to light and epiphany with surprising strength and sureness."-Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

"A mesmerizing read. . . . Genuinely frightening. . . . Lunar Park is a story about the momentous pain parents inflict on their children. . . . The worst violence is internal and emotional, and in its beautiful closing pages, this rich, deceptively complex novel argues that's the most damaging violence of all."-The Miami Herald

Book Description:

The most exciting novel Bret Easton Ellis has written since American Psycho, and the publishing sensation of the year.

The author of American Psycho rips into his most frightening subject yet: himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0375727272
• ISBN 13: 9780375727276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416