Lunar Park
Aug 2005 · Vintage
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero comes a chilling tale that combines reality, memoir, and fantasy to create a fascinating portrait of this most controversial writer but also a deeply moving novel about love and loss, parents and children, and ultimately forgiveness.
“John Cheever writes The Shining.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
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.
Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, The Shards!
“John Cheever writes The Shining.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
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.
Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, The Shards!
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4.2
44 reviews
Chris Haselbeck
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April 13, 2016
-If you enjoy the authors other books -if you ever wondered about how autobiographical his books really are: You'll probably enjoy this study on celebrity, aging, what it means to be a son, a father, and yourself... without any answers offered whatsoever. Plus some supernatural Cujo action.
Xander Walker
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April 11, 2013
An interesting read, predictably unpredictable, a little slow at times but it picked up very nicely, worth what I paid easily.
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A Google user
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July 22, 2008
The best book I have read in a long time! The mix of fiction and non-fiction makes you wonder how really crazy Ellis is. I have never read a book by such a fearless author. I feel that so few authors are willing to write a book that is so non-apologetic. The way that Ellis made it ok to mix genres as well as through in characters from all of his other books was really engaging. The mystery of the return of Patrick Bateman had me flipping pages as fast as I could. You have to wonder if this was not so much of a fiction but a real life account of Ellis' biggest fears about his own writing. Ellis' drunk and confused outbursts throughout the book just makes him super easy to relate to, but also make the reader unsure if anything is actually happening or if he is just really drugged up. You so often hear sons talk about their distant relationships with their dead beat father's but you so rarely hear of the efforts of that dead beat dad and how he tries to make up for the years of abandonment with out a single clue on where to start. I enjoyed this book but once again it is not for everyone, like all of Ellis' books it is not for the timid.
About the author
BRET EASTON ELLIS is the author of Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers, Glamorama, Lunar Park, and Imperial Bedrooms. His works have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and The Informers have all been made into films. He lives in Los Angeles.
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