The main characters of this fiction, horror story are. It was the first book written by ellis to use past tense narrative. In this surreal blending of fact and fiction, bret easton ellis tells the story of jay mcinerneys bizarre marriage to a porn star and his relationship with a serial killer oddly reminiscent of a. Less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho and the informers have all been made into films. Dive deep into bret easton ellis lunar park with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Read lunar park online free from your iphone, ipad, android, pc, mobile. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 404 pages and is available in paperback format. Thats bret easton ellis the character, not bret easton ellis the author, except the character is also the author of american psycho. The title bears no relation to the public amusement locations known as luna park. Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, while still in college, and before long seeing your. Lunar park italian edition by bret easton ellis nook. Believe it or not, i had read none of bret easton ellis s fiction before reading lunar park.
In keeping with his usual style, ellis mixes absurd comedy with a bleak and violent vision. The writing of bret easton ellis disturbs me, but sometimes in a good way, and this is him at his best. Lunar park by bret easton ellis 2005, hardcover for sale. Its in such good condition for being used and at such a reasonable price, especially for a hard cover book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lunar park. He was lost in a haze of booze, drugs and vilification. Bret easton ellis exercises some of his own demons in lunar park. Bret easton ellis has made a career of writing exciting novelsusually because of their subject matter as opposed to their execution. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His work has been translated into twentyseven languages and several have been made into films. Patrick bateman, the sociopath of american psycho, is back, or at least bret easton ellis thinks so. This book has everything that a reader would want in a bret easton ellis book, satire and.
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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. A cip catalogue record for this book is available from the british library. Bret easton ellis s new novel is a curiosity, but not quite a failure. This fluid, firstperson story seemed so realistic that at first i thought it was entirely biographical, until he started introducing supernatural elements. Nevertheless, such persons as the composer of these. Written by bret easton ellis, audiobook narrated by christian rummel. Lunar park by bret easton ellis books the guardian. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lunar park vintage contemporaries. Im very happy with the fact that the description of the book online was extremely accurate to the actual book itself.
Free download or read online less than zero pdf epub book. The story reads like a faux autobiography which if you are a fan of ellis or his works nuances are easy to recognize. Lunar park isbn 9780330440011 pdf epub bret easton ellis. Thats bret easton ellis the character, not bret easton patrick bateman, the sociopath of american psycho, is back, or at least bret easton ellis thinks so. Ellis spoofs that idea right out of the gate in lunar park, which opens with a long chapter about bret easton ellis. As an added bonus, when you purchase our audible modern vanguard production of bret easton ellis book, youll also get an exclusive jim atlas interview that begins when the. Lunar park begins with a summary of ellis s life and career, marked by rampant hedonism and substance abuse after the enormous success of his first novel less than zero and the equally enormous controversy inspired by american psycho. Free download or read online lunar park pdf epub book.
This is the life of bret easton ellis, the author and subject of this remarkable novel. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Except the bret easton ellis of lunar park is no more reliable a narrator than bateman. Printed and bound in great britain by mackays of chatham plc, chatham, kent. Its the most original novel of an extraordinary career and best of all. Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist while still in college, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, then seeing your insufferable father reduced to a, isbn 9780330440011 buy the lunar park ebook. The books last words do not come from the bret we used to know. Im not sure i have ever encountered a novel as heavily defended as lunar park, which arrives surrounded by the rhetorical. Its a postmodern ghost story about a writer haunted by his own past. Nothing in the way his previous books have been described or promoted made me think they would be worthwhile reading, and both the hoopla surrounding his first two books boy writer makes good. Bret easton ellislunar park the reading experience. Bret easton ellis is the author of multiple novels including less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho, glamorama, lunar park and imperial bedrooms, which was a sunday times top ten bestseller, and a collection of stories, the informers. Pdf lunar park book by bret easton ellis free download.
Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. The title lunar park is not intended as a take on luna park as it mistakenly appeared on the initial knopf contracts. His works have been translated into twentyseven languages. Bret easton ellis is the author of several novels, including imperial bedrooms, less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho, glamorama and lunar park, and a collection of stories, the informers. Bret easton ellis is the author of less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho, the informers, glamorama, lunar park, and imperial bedrooms. 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. Based on a novel by bret easton ellis music by kevin macleod. Lunar park is one of the novels that shook me from my chair, frightened me and made me uncomfortable, but kept me completely riveted. August 2005 joey rubin fiction lunar park by bret easton ellis.
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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. Ellis s novel lunar park 2005 uses the form of a celebrity memoir to tell a ghost story about the novelist bret easton ellis and his chilling experiences in the apparently haunted home he shares with his wife and son. The first edition of the novel was published in 1985, and was written by bret easton ellis. Lunar park by bret easton ellis pdf free download ebook. Said novelist, in what is certainly the book s most audacious touch, is bret easton ellis himself. This was my first bret easton ellis book, so i am not bothered by the clash between the real and fictional author and enjoyed the book at surface. Lunar park npr coverage of lunar park by bret easton ellis. Bret easton ellis lunar park picador lunar park mme ome iiv. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by bret easton ellis. Both the author of these notes and the notes themselves are, of course, fictional. Lunar park is a science fiction novel by bret easton ellis. Buy a cheap copy of lunar park book by bret easton ellis.