Bright Shiny Morning Low Price CD (CD-Audio)

from indygo88

I think the blurb on the back of this novel (audiobook, in this case) perfectly describes it: "Dozens of characters pass across the listener's consciousness -- but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives . . . ." Despite the controvers...

from lukespapa

I've never been to Los Angeles nor have I ever had the desire to visit. Reading James Frey's book just confirms my gut instinct to stay away from LA, stay away at all cost. That being said, Frey's novel is a tour de force of contemporary fiction. Frey's characters follow the American Dream west u...

from voracious

This was a fantastic book! I love Frey's style, very Kerouac, with little regard for punctuation, grammar or "appropriate language". This story is about LA, and the characters help to flesh out the wild contrasts between the lifestyles in LA: The extraordinarily rich (struggling with choices of W...

from sharlene_w

Although the four main themes that run through the book may all seem rather cliche by themselves, they are interesting and alive against the backdrop of the story of LA. I loved the way the story was woven around the history of LA and the Fun Facts. Frey's writing style is current and refreshing....

from MeganGrace

I loved this book. I picked up Bright Shiny Morning after taking a brief hiatus from reading earlier this year, and I didn't put it down until I tearfully read the last few pages. I'm a little at a loss for how to describe the book. It is primarily four stories about people living in Los Angeles ...