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by Bret Easton Ellis (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Picador (12 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330440012
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330440011
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 47,299 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Independent on Sunday
‘Zipping along with that seemingly artless prose of his, it’s his most ambitious, least gory, most human novel to date’

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‘Far and away Easton’s best novel since the incredible American Psycho’

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Don't call it a come back.....", 23 Oct 2006
By NICO "nico" (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Lunar Park (Amazon Exclusive Boxed Edition) (Hardcover)
Having read through the first few pages of this novel, I had to flick ahead to check if the first chapter was in fact an extended introduction. That's when the brilliance of this novel dawned on me. The adoption of the quasi-autobiographical style to this work was a stroke of genius demonstrating new depths to Easton Ellis' capabilities.

I was enthralled by this book from start to finish, and whilst nothing Easton Ellis has produced to date could ever stand up to his modern-day classic American Psycho, this would be the strongest contender from his catalogue. Witty; full of suspense; and engaging, this is a well written work of fiction.

With Lunar Park, Easton Ellis is completely redeemed after the nonsense that was Glamorama. Definitely a 2006 must have!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, dark gothic masterpiece, 24 Mar 2009
By Dave Gilmour's cat (on Dave Gilmour's boat) - See all my reviews
This is an absolutely stunning novel: a laugh-out-loud social satire mixed with a surreal and genuinely scary horror story. Its ambiguity is entirely intentional. As with the Glamorama reviews, I'm amazed how many readers here have completely missed the point. When Ellis creates 'shallow' characters they are MEANT to be shallow. When he creates bizarre story shifts that defy logic, they are MEANT to do this. These are not failings of the author, but examples of his incredible command of language, his huge imagination, his devastatingly effective sense of humour, his bottomless capacity for parodying the worlds he scrutinises. Lunar Park was never meant to be a 'straight' novel with a standard plotline, as should be obvious from page 1. Go along with its playful mischief, its inspired gothic surrealism and its extremely dark humour and you will be in for a real treat. This is an all-time classic: one of the best 20 novels ever written. I'm off to read it again now.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Confusing ending but uplifting, 2 Nov 2005
By M. Clark "Clarky" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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A really quite bizarre book that starts with an autobiographical account of BEE's difficult childhood, dramatic early success as an author, slide into drugs/celebrity etc and then moves to the (fictional and supernatural) present. The principal aim seems to be to exorcise the demons of his relationship with his alcoholic, abusive father. The ending - while somewhat confusing and unclear (how much is real, how much delusional, possibly drug-induced) - is uplifting and the last two pages contain some truly beautiful writing and imagery. I am no BEE acolyte (I was appalled by American Psycho and read this new book out of curiosity following a Robert Elms radio interview with the now-mature sounding author) but I wholeheartedly disagree with the one-star reviewer. In my opinion, this book is intelligent, emotional, thought-provoking and very well-written. Recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The start of this was very promising, the first chapter being a fake autobiographical musing of the author's descent into drug addiction which launches us into BEE becoming a... Read more
Published 2 days ago by David Hampson

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a classic
Coming off the back of reading the underwhelming `Glamorama' (thematically interchangeable in many aspects with `American Psycho', the vacuous wealth, labels, lingering... Read more
Published 8 days ago by leeboywonder

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
I may be bias as Ellis is my all time favourite writer but i could not put this book down.
Like his previous novels, Lunar Park is intelligent, slick and cinematic and as... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lozza

5.0 out of 5 stars masterpiece
im a massive fan of ellis so i may be biased, but i believe this to be his greatest novel to date, i love the idea of the fictional autobiography which plays on ideas of what the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by yakattack!

1.0 out of 5 stars Egotistical drivel
After reading American Psycho and been very impressed I was recommended this by a friend. Biggest reading disappointment so far. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Phillip J. Darley

4.0 out of 5 stars funny scary brilliant
lunar park begins in what appears to be an autobiography, which then changes to become a homage to the great Stephen King. Read more
Published 13 months ago by L. Dorward

4.0 out of 5 stars YBRET
Excessive, poignant, hilarious and quite unsettling by turns; Lunar Park is a brilliant read. The novel begins as a self-confessional autobiography of Bret Easton Ellis written... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Hawkeye

5.0 out of 5 stars Inside the warped mind of Ellis...
Another great booked by Ellis, I was hooked yet again. It makes references to characters from American Psycho, so you should probably read that book first. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mala

2.0 out of 5 stars I'll keep this brief
I could go on and on about how poor this book is but I won't.
I have to say that I was amazed that this was actually written by the same author that wrote American Psycho... Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2007 by JohnT

3.0 out of 5 stars Lunar Park
Lunar Park may be viewed in some quarters as a classic post-modern novel, in that the book transforms from what could be convincingly read as autobiography and then descends into... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2007 by Demob Happy

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