Lunar Park
(Bret Easton Ellis)
When Bret Easton Ellis throws himself into a horror story à la Stephen King, it's good news for us. He who perverted so well the educational novel, the police novel, the spy novel could not help but succeed with this well-done bit of writing. But the most remarkable thing is that the horror is not where we expect it. Talking dolls, an American Psycho- style murderer, strange emails ... but the most terrifying is Ellis' description of the American way of life. I loved the bits about the school (I almost died laughing) and about the anguish of tomorrow's Americans. The novel also captures the father-son relationship very well. Bret Easton Ellis' father died and came back to haunt him like all good fathers since Hamlet and Easton Ellis asks himself how not to haunt his own son and be haunted by him in turn. These age-old questions are always relevant and often bring back strong feelings.
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