Bright Shiny Morning: A rip-roaring ride through LA from the author of My Friend Leonard - Brossura

'An absolute triumph of a novel. In fact it s so good that it makes Frey s real-life resurrection from crooked biographer to great American novelist far more impressive . . . Frey, a natural novelist to his fingertips, hits the deeper truths with this honest, vibrant and tender portrait of Los Angeles and the American dream . . . It can be no exaggeration to say that Bright Shiny Morning amounts to the literary comeback of the decade . . . James Frey is probably one of the finest and most important writers to have emerged in recent years'

He turns clichés into characters robust enough to carry this 500-page Californian odyssey

'A sparkling narrative, which doesn t shrink from exposing the city s seamier side but ultimately is a huge celebration'

'A compulsive piece of popular fiction . . . He s an excellent entertainer . . . Frey can tell a story and has a fine eye for the variegated economic milieux in which his characters travel. So what if, by the end, you come away thinking the novel superficial and lacking in original insight? This is Los Angeles, baby. And in LA superficiality has its own integrity'

Frey clearly has a knack for telling tales this story of interweaving, never-meeting strangers in LA is an engrossing read

[It] pays little heed to conventional syntax, thus creating a beguiling momentum of its own, propelled by raw emotion and energy ... this compulsive novel is testament that good fiction can reveal powerful emotional truths

'A furiously good storyteller'

'Taking the scattergun approach of his bestseller, A Million Little Pieces, [Frey] exposes the grubby reality of the Hollywood dream'

'Totally addictive'

'An immaculately written novel about a kaleidoscope of characters living in LA'

'A sprawling, ambitious novel about Los Angeles, written with all the broad-stroke energy that was so irresistible to readers in A Million Little Pieces'

'Bright Shiny Morning has released [Frey] from the memoir trap, revealing an easy . . . storytelling facility'

Frey has produced a novel that is defiant in both its grammatical rebellion and its fierce pace

All the characters are cleverly juxtaposed against the history and atmosphere of Los Angeles itself ... a riveting and hugely enjoyable read: rushy, entertaining and appealing

This dazzling novel focuses on a crazy cross section of the city s fictional characters

Frey has constructed a spaghetti junction of LA stories that is irresistible, frustrating and compelling

For fans of gritty modern writing, this fast and fascinating story paints a portrait of the Los Angeles that Hollywood films and TV dramas rarely show

The gritty, gloriousness of James Frey s writi --x