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SignatureReviewed by Sara NelsonWhen James Frey imploded as a memoirist in 2006, many said his A Million Little Pieces should have been—and perhaps initially was—presented as a novel, and that Frey—a sometimes screenwriter—was, both by nature and design, a fiction writer. Bright Shiny Morning is his first official book of fiction. If it's not quite a novel, less believable in its way than his augmented memoir ever was, there's no doubt it's a work of Frey's imagination. Ironic, isn't it?Set in contemporary Los Angeles, Bright Shiny Morning is not a cohesive narrative but a compilation of vignettes of several characters (if this were a memoir, we'd call them composites) who have come to the city to fulfill their dreams. Some examples: Dylan and Maddie, madly-in-love Midwestern runaways who survive through the kindness of near strangers; Esperanza, a Mexican-American maid tortured by a body that could have been drawn by R. Crumb; a group of drunks and junkies who create a community behind the shacks on Venice Beach; Amberton Parker, a hugely famous married movie star who is secretly—you guessed it—gay. Interspersed with these rotating portraits are random historical and statistical factoids (which better have been fact-checked, even if there is a nudge-nudge, wink-wink disclaimer up front: Nothing in this book should be considered accurate or reliable) about L.A.: that, for example, approximately 2.7 million people live without health insurance and there are more than 12,000 people who describe their job as bill collector in the City of Los Angeles. Frey's intention, it seems, is to create an onomatopoetic jumble, a cacophony of facts and fiction, stats and stories, that replicate the contradictory nature of the place they describe. I expect, given the sharpness of the knives that some critics have out for Frey, that many will say the book flat out doesn't work. First off, there's that voice, the hyperbolic, breathless, run-on, word-repeating voice that was much better suited to a memoir (or even a novel) in which the hero was a hyperbolic, breathless alcoholic and drug addict. And then there's the frat-boy swagger that angered some readers of AMLP turning up here, too, so faux-cynical as to be naïve: the gang father's attaboy about his five-year-old son's desire to be a cold-blooded killer, and the prurient, adolescent take on sex. (And couldn't someone have stopped him from exclaiming woohoo after some of his fun and not fun factoids?) Yet the guy has something: an energy, a drive, a relentlessness, maybe, that can pull readers along, past the voice, past the stock characters, past the clichés. Bright Shiny Morning is a train wreck of a novel, but it's un-put-downable, a real page-turner—in what may come to be known as the Frey tradition. Sara Nelson is the editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly.
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One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers his first novel—a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original.

Dozens of characters pass across 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 bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home.

Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.


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3.0étoiles sur 5 Props to Frey, but boring., Nov. 19 2008
I literally rushed out to get this book as soon as I had the funds, thinking it would be just as good as his past two books, which highlighted a false version of himself that grew on me.

This is an original novel, it takes guts to write something that he wants to. But I didn't realize that the story was going to be so broken up into seperate people's stories and information about Las Angeles. I'm not from there, so I could really care less about 10 pages full of information about the freeways of L.A. The stories (about the people) are alright, but lack depth and dimension. Honestly, I want to follow a story all the way through. I don't need it to be broken up by information about a city I don't even care about.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 I liked it, Avril 14 2009
Par Dale Chymko "DaleIsBrilliant" (Toronto Ontario, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I honestly love the way Mr. Frey writes, he is very good at what he does. This story was very heart warming and helped you understand stereotypes and how they effect people. I recommend it for people who have already read some of Mr.Frey's writing and can appreciate his story telling abilities.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Bright Shiny Book, Oct. 21 2008
Par Jamieson Villeneuve "Author at Large" (Ottawa Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Everyone remembers the controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces, James Frey's first book. Published as a memoir, it was later revealed that much of the book was fabricated to protect those Frey wrote about.

In the end, however, the controversy doesn't matter. Frey's books A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard did what all good books should do: they evoked emotion, touched long forgotten places inside of us and inspired people to live better lives.

So despite the controversy, I was excited to get my hands on Bright Shiny Morning. I wanted the book to be wonderful, breath taking, as incredible as A Million Little Pieces. Thankfully, Bright Shiny Morning is so much more than that.

Bright Shiny Morning, Frey's first work of fiction, is a novel about people living their lives in the fast paced city of L.A. It's told in James Frey's typical breath taking, beautiful prose and pulls you right in.

The book isn't an ordinary novel as can be expected with Frey's writing. Instead of a linear narrative, we are presented with a few reoccurring characters:

Dylan and Maddie, two teenagers who are madly in love. They run away to be together and find out about the darker side of life and love too soon.

Esperanza, a Mexican American, who takes a job as a maid in the house of Ms. Campbell, a woman so mean and rude that she borders on being abusive.

Amberton Parker, famous award winning actor who hides a secret so incredible that it could ruin his career if it was released.

Joe, a homeless man, who befriends a fifteen year old girl who is new to the streets and addicted to meth.

Sprinkled through out their stories are vignettes of other people, other characters who fill the city streets. As well, we learn factoids about Los Angels, about the city that serves not only as a backdrop for this novel but is essentially the largest character in the book.

James Frey has penned no mere novel. Instead he has given us one of the most intense studies of human nature. In this book is pure emotion sprawled across the page for us to read and it almost seems unseemly, looking into the characters lives as we do.

What I love most about Frey's writing is that it's real, it evokes emotion, it haunts you after you've turned the last page and closed the book. This is the true power of the written word, the ability to stay with the reader after the book is finished.

Frey has this in spades.

In Bright Shiny Morning, Frey proves that he is not only the subject of controversy. He is a writer and a true wordsmith. Bright Shiny Morning is, hands down, one of the best novels I have ever read. Ever.

If you haven't read this yet, what are you waiting for? You have no idea what you're missing.

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1.0étoiles sur 5 A "Bright Shiny Morning?" The only bright spot on my book was the stain on the cover.
Fact or fiction, I truly enjoyed Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" but what the heck is this? The writing style in "Bright Shiny Morning" is long-winded and monotonous with an... Read more
Publié il y a 4 mois par The Mad Hatter

4.0étoiles sur 5 Pretty good book
I haven't finished the whole book yet. It's not the best book ever but it's definitely worth reading. Read more
Publié il y a 8 mois par D. Moore

5.0étoiles sur 5 excellent... true Frey style
Honestly, AMLP was incredible. Regardless of whether or not it was truly a memoir (who really cares), it was fantastic. Read more
Publié il y a 10 mois par Rachel Copland

5.0étoiles sur 5 Very Entertaining
James Frey is a great writer. After all the controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces (which I also read and loved - entertaining whether a memoir/embellishment/fiction... Read more
Publié il y a 17 mois par Backstreets

1.0étoiles sur 5 Give this book a miss
The LA facts are interesting, the stories are mediocre. Lack of usual punctuation is not wonderful cutting edge or whatever, just annoying. Any copy of Vanity Fair has this beat.
Publié il y a 18 mois par Don McN

5.0étoiles sur 5 Another great work by James Frey
I thoroughly enjoyed this story by James Frey. He gives us a snapshot of the days of the lives of a number of very diverse characters all living in L.A. Read more
Publié il y a 18 mois par MD

3.0étoiles sur 5 Disappointing
I was thorough disappointed in this book. After having read and enjoyed both A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard, I had high hopes for Frey's new novel. Read more
Publié il y a 18 mois par NorthVan Dave

4.0étoiles sur 5 Give the guy a break
Having just finished this book and having read Mr. Frey's previous 2 efforts, I think the time has come to acknowledge his efforts as an excellent story teller. Read more
Publié il y a 19 mois par James G. Brooks

4.0étoiles sur 5 Hats off to Frey
I've long believed that it takes a certain amount of arrogance for a writer to do what they do. To believe that what they've written is deserving of someone reading it. Read more
Publié il y a 20 mois par Schmadrian

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