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816 reviews. #26 of 523 things to do in Brooklyn. Amusement & Theme Parks. Closed now. 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Write a review. About. Luna Park in Coney Island is the largest amusement park in New York City and its most famous playground with a heritage that stretches back more than 120 years. Luna Park in Coney Island provides New Yorkers and ...
Introduction. "Lunar Park" by Bret Easton Ellis is a gripping and haunting novel that blurs the line between reality and fiction. This psychological thriller takes readers on a dark and twisted journey through the life of its protagonist, who shares the author's name. The novel explores themes of identity, addiction, and the blurred boundaries ...
`Lunar Park' opens and closes more than splendidly. It actually may contain Bret Easton Ellis' greatest work yet. It's elegant, graceful, blunt and satirical while remaining completely original just like his work preceding.
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Aug 25, 2011 · Thu 25 Aug 2011 04.38 EDT. Lunar Park is a lurid "true" account of the author's unhinged debauchery and nightmarish parenting set in the grotesque American suburbs, featuring sex, drugs and ...
Aug 29, 2006 · About the author (2006) BRET EASTON ELLIS is the author of Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers, Glamorama, Lunar Park, and Imperial Bedrooms. His works have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and The Informers have all been made into films.
Ellis and Jayne move to fictional Midland, an affluent suburban town outside New York City, which they no longer consider safe due to pervasive terrorist acts in a post-9/11 America. Fictional incidents include suicide bombings in Wal-Marts and a dirty bomb detonated in Florida. Strange incidents start happening on a Halloween night, some ...
The "Electric Tower", the centerpiece of the original Luna Park on Coney Island, ca. 1905. Many of the subsequent amusement parks that took the name "Luna Park" had their own central tower. Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks. They are named after, and partly based on, the first Luna Park ...
