false 2179832 24 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, <i>Bright Shiny Morning</i> illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles. 3341228 book 1969 Bright Shiny Morning total:2051|5:504|4:745|3:502|2:232|1:68| 2051 7538 3489 615 5 6 false false Sun Jun 15 20:29:27 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:30:57 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 20:29:27 -0700 2008
I loved it for many reasons. One of course is his style of writing. I can't explain why I love the way he ...more...]]> 2 5 false false Sun May 18 20:42:28 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 08:29:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 05:25:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 05:29:37 -0700 2008 Now everyone who knows me knows how I feel about the self-indulgence of memoir. Nevertheless, I always found Oprah's treatment of Mr. Frey dist...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Feb 04 07:46:22 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 07:46:29 -0800 2009
In the end, however, the controversy doesn’t matter. Frey’s books A M...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 28 08:14:39 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 17:41:04 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:14:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:33:30 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:35:27 -0800 2008 Its author, James Frey, shot to infamy in early 2006 when it was revealed that several incidents in his bestsell...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 07:58:31 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 06:51:36 -0700 2008 so much potential that realized very little of it. Bright Shiny Morning follows about 5 major characters, and another 20(ish) minor characters, in and around the Los Angeles area. Some of these characters have recently moved to L.A. and some have lived in L.A. their entire lives. All are...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 22 16:43:02 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 10:31:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 13:24:08 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 13:36:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false true Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 17:33:58 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 08:19:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 08:27:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 09:24:48 -0700 2008
Update: Yep, this is definitely one of my favorite books I've read this year. I was completely engrossed in this one, I just loved everything about ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 28 11:27:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 11:33:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 08:05:19 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 08:10:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 04:52:05 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 05:56:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri May 16 16:08:18 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 15:09:13 -0700 2008 Here's the later: Really, I apologize to anyone that I've offen...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 07:11:40 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 10:30:37 -0700 2008
This is the story of Los Angeles according to James Frey & his bag of cliches. BSM was readable, but somehow not very satisfying. The more you read of the character stories the more ridiculous some of them become (gay entitled actor, h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:44:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:44:38 -0700 2009 Bright Shiny Morning
By James Frey
Report by Adam Michaelis
“It is estimated that 100,000 people a year move to Los Angeles to pursue careers in the entertainment industry. They come from all over America, all over the world. When they arrive, they join the 100,000 that came the y...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 10:10:22 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 10:10:59 -0700 2009 http://prettysandyreviews.blogspot.com/2...

I had already read A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard so I sort of had an idea of what James Frey's writing was like and what I could expect before I picked up Bright Shiny Morning. However, this story moved me ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:52:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:00:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:09:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:11:32 -0700 2009 http://www.thedailycontributor.com/brigh...

“Bright Shiny Morning” is the first novel by author James Frey. Yes, that James Frey, he of Oprah-built-him-up-to-break-him-down notoriety. Not that he wants to be recognized that way, of course...more...]]>