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He became a bestselling novelist while still in college, immediately famous and wealthy. He watched his insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box. He was lost in a haze of booze, drugs and vilification. Then he was given a second chance. This is the life of Bret Easton Ellis, the subject of this remarkable novel. Confounding one expectation after another, Lunar Park is equally hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking. It's the most original novel of an extraordinary career and best of all: it all happened, every word is true. 'An enormously entertaining novel, powered by a celebratory fun entirely absent in the writing of the generation of American writers who succeeded Ellis' Independent 'Sharply observed, insidiously disquieting and extremely funny' Literary Review 'A triumphant piece of storytelling from a rebel whose work is controversial precisely because its sinister themes are so dexterously written' Chris Cleave, Sunday Telegraph
| ISBN | 0330536338 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780330536332
(What's this?) | | Pages | 464 | | Publisher | Pan Macmillan | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Picador | | Previous ISBN | 9780330441674 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 2011 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General |
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"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"  Be the first to write a customer review
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