The #1 New York Times-bestselling author delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses the history of Los Angeles. Frey focuses on a handful of lost souls and spins the gripping narrative of their lives. n n#1 National Bestsellern nA sprawling, ambitious novel about Los Angeles, written with all the broad-stroke energy that was so irresistible to readers in A Million Little Pieces. 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 Angeless fractured, unpredictable, loopy nature. -- Vanity Fair nn nA 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, New York Timesn nOne 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 readers sight lines--some never to be seen again--but James Frey lingers on a handful of LAs lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles. nn