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Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
Lunar Park
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Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is a 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... show more
Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is a 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...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780375412912 (0375412913)
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
2.0 Lunar Park
Sadly this is the least scary of any of the Ellis books I've read - mostly due to the choice to make the protagonist an alternate Bret Easton Ellis and to try to make him acknowledge his emotions. I could have gotten more into a book with the same plot but a regular, non famous non meta character so...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
2.0 Lunar Park
Sadly this is the least scary of any of the Ellis books I've read - mostly due to the choice to make the protagonist an alternate Bret Easton Ellis and to try to make him acknowledge his emotions. I could have gotten more into a book with the same plot but a regular, non famous non meta character so...
Wounded Child Prostitute
Wounded Child Prostitute rated it
1.0 Lunar Park
Here we go again, me gathering up more bad review karma. When I finally publish my book, I'm gonna get slaughtered with payback I'm sure.I was very excited to dive into Lunar Park when I read about it for two reasons. First and foremost, I wanted to see BEE's treatment of the meta-fiction component ...
Bookivorous
Bookivorous rated it
3.0 Lunar Park
Finally a book from BBE which doesn't depend on loving descriptions of dismemberment to make its point. And occasional people with feelings.
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it
4.0 Lunar Park
What started as a meta-fictional autobiography became a surreal horror novel. The only other book by Bret Easton Ellis I'd read before had been 'Less Than Zero' so I did not catch all of the references before some were explained in-book, others you have to figure out for yourself.The novel begins wi...
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