Bright Shiny Morning

<p><strong>#1 National Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>A sprawling ambitious novel about Los Angeles written with all the broad-stroke energy that was so irresistible to readers in <em>A Million Little Pieces</em>. By turns satirical tense and surprisingly touching it is a portrait of a city onto which so many millions have projected so many dreams. . . . Compelling cinematic. . . . It achieves the very essence of Los Angeles's fractured unpredictable loopy nature. -- <em>Vanity Fair</em></strong><br/></p><p><strong>A captivating urban kaleidoscope. . . . James Frey got another chance. Look what he did with it. He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park. . . . He became a furiously good storyteller. --Janet Maslin <em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p>One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers an extraordinary novel--a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold exhilarating and utterly original. Dozens of characters pass through the reader's sight lines--some never to be seen again--but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives. A dazzling tour de force <em>Bright Shiny Morning</em> illuminates the joys horrors and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.<br/></p>