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The Shards
- Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
A sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. His first novel in 13 years, The Shards is Bret Easton Ellis at his inimitable best.
Los Angeles, 1981–17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends, even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equalled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with The Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence.
Can he trust his friends–or his own mind–to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, Bret spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between The Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision.
Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting and often darkly funny, The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret's life at 17–sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage.
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- 20-05-23
amazing stuff there
it's just great audiobook product. great author. and him reading his own work, well i can't imagine anyone could have done it better. thumbs up big time.
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- Jo
- 22-03-23
WOW!
This is a modern masterpiece! best booked I have listened too in ages, wow, just wow!
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- A. Fox
- 21-03-23
Amazing in every way.
Story=perfect
Narration=incredible
Feelings=relatable
Film-worthy=definitely so long as Bret involved.
I loved this audible book 🌟
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- KTaylor
- 19-03-23
Captivating
The book was long, but it hooked me and I was totally invested in the characters and story. There was one particular scene that was so shocking it floored me.
Brett narrates brilliantly - I am sure that his voice telling his story adds so much to it. Gives it a unique and powerful dimension.
The story is raw and honest. A triumph.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-23
Masterful
I could probably listen to Bret reading for months on end, what a treat. The narration is brilliant, the story is captivating and moreish, if you enjoy a classic 'unreliable narrator' that keeps you guessing, this is for you. I just adore Bret's psycho yuppie literary universes.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-23
Wow!
This is brilliant. Favourite book of 2023 so far. Great character development.
Completely addictive. The descriptions of animal cruelty were tough. The rest is mesmerising and punchy. Better than American Psycho
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- Ian J.
- 22-06-23
Interesting and gripping
I really enjoyed this book, edge of your seat stuff and whilst I found it hard to particularly like any of the main characters that’s kind of the point. Great story.
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- Lee Ford
- 21-06-23
Sadly disappointed
I have a fan of Ellis’ since Less than Zero, which is a seminal novel and one of my all time favourite books. While I have stayed with through other books for me Zero has never been surpassed. This felt like two conflicting stories, which both out stayed there welcome to the point that I began not to care. I enjoyed the author’s reading and would like to hear more but this sadly like so many of the characters left me feeling numb.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-23
This is a work of fiction
Never have those words been more reassuring. This is a properly scary book. Gripping. Superb. A great read but not for the faint (feint?) hearted.
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- MidnightRambler
- 16-05-23
Zzzzzz
Loved American Psycho, which I also purchased, but this is terrible. Absolute borefest mainly focusing on gay teenage sex. Definitely not for me. I would return but Audible won’t let me.