Lunar Park

Today I went to Barnes and Noble bookstore for a little personal time. As soon as I walked in I noticed a new book by Bret Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho", "The Rules of Attraction" and "Less Than Zero". His new book is called "Lunar Park". Here is what the book sleeve says:
" Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, while still in college, and before long seeing your insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box, while after American Psycho your celebrity drowns in a sea of vilification, booze, and drugs. Then imagine having a second chance ten years later, as the Bret Easton Ellis of this remarkable novel is given, with a wife, children, and suburban sobriety--only to watch this new life shatter beyond recognition in a matter of days. At a fateful Halloween party he glimpses a disturbing (fictional) character driving a car identical to his late father's, his stepdaughter's doll violently "malfunctions," and their house undergoes bizarre transformations both within and without. Connecting these aberrations to graver events--a series of grotesque murders that no longer seem random and the epidemic disappearance of boys his son’s age--Ellis struggles to defend his family against this escalating menace even as his wife, their therapists, and the police insist that his apprehensions are rooted instead in substance abuse and egomania."
The description on the book sleeve seems more confusing than interesting really, but not many of Ellis' book sleeves are interesting or even do justice to the amazing novels that he has written. If you want a great satirical book that keeps on getting darker and darker as you read just pick up one of Ellis' and DON'T read what anyone else says about it, just read it yourself. You wont regret it. I suggest reading 1999's "Glamorama". That was the book he wrote before "Lunar Park" and the last one I read by him. It's darker than "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk and twice as long. So you get more for your money. It's similar to Fight Club in ways what with secret organizations and it being narrated by a dillusioned pretty boy who ends up looking not so pretty in the end.
"Lunar Park" book is only in hardcover for now and u can get it off Amazon.com for about $17. Even though I love Ellis' work I will not be buying this hardcovered book. I'll wait until it's a paperback because by then I hope to have more money and therefore wont feel guilty about buying it because it will be cheaper. Also paperback books take up less room on the bookshelf. I can give my reactions to this book for all my readers who wish to hear them in about a year or so. Keep checking back!