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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…
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- James Frey
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Harper/HarperCollins Pub., HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English, heb
- ISBN
- 9781848541023
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James Christopher Frey is an American writer and the founder and CEO of Full Fathom Five, a transmedia production company responsible for the young adult series "The Lorien Legacies", the first book of which I Am Number Four (2010) was made into a feature film by DreamWorks Studios. His two first books A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were marketed as memoirs, but large parts of the stories were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was also a bestseller. Source: Wikipedia
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