(This recording contains explicit content.) Author of the controversial A Million Little Pieces, James Frey constructs a bold fictional experiment in his first novel, Bright Shiny Morning. A sweeping narrative that encompasses the history of Los Angeles through its topography, its gangs, its highways, its quirks and singularities, Bright Shiny Morning lingers on a handful of lost souls and spins the story of their lives that, when taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age.