Pete Wentz to publish novel

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by aubin on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:30 PM (EST)

Relatively quietly - considering the high profile author - MTV Books has revealed a new novel from former Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. The book is called Gray: A Novel and was co-written with writer James Montgomery. It's due out February 26, 2013 and the vaguely autobiographical novel is described like this:

the rise to fame is not always smooth and glamorous, and Gray reveals the rocky road to stardom, including the extreme highs and lows along the way. Gray is about a singer named Pete. Pete is touring with a band, struggling to understand who he is, where he's been, and what he's become. After the death of his longtime ex-girlfriend, Pete grieves deeply and soon embarks on a path of self-destruction, including an attempt to take his own life.

Find a pre-order on Amazon.com here. Despite not being out yet, reader-focused social network Goodreads already has a wide variety of scores for the book.

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jwinston (December 14, 2012)

should have switched it up and called it "50 Shades of Pete" instead

loki13 (December 14, 2012)

Then it would have been about eye-liner.

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

HA! Thank you for making me laugh on such a depressing, tragic day.

chutley (December 15, 2012)

how about 50 shades of GAY

chutley (December 15, 2012)

how about 50 shaades of GAY

OffspringKickAss (December 14, 2012)

I'll probably pick this up. I liked FOB.

Yinzer (December 14, 2012)

Zzzzzzzz

Dante3000 (rich) (December 14, 2012)

Even in his own book Pete knows that people don't give a shit about the bassist. I wonder how many people think he actually WAS the singer of FOB.

jwinston (December 14, 2012)

I honestly think some FOB fans even think that.

loveshackbaby (December 14, 2012)

I think Fall Out Boy got more hate than they should have. Pete's lyrics were always pretty cool, and somewhat dark.

bastard_squad (December 14, 2012)

No, they deserve it.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (December 14, 2012)

I enjoyed the song Grand Theft Autumn and absolutely no other songs at all.

Yinzer (December 14, 2012)

Some songs really aren't that bad, " cork tree" had some good jAms. Anything after that, was pretty lame. Bring on the hate!!!

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

One of their songs was fun to play on drum in Rock Band. Other than that, fuck this band.

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

Not to post the obvious, but...
GAY: A Novel
also im not a homosexual

Keegan333 (December 14, 2012)

^ and the award goes to...

theonedownupstairs (December 14, 2012)

Haha, I had to check to see if anyone else had said this.

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

Any other Goodreads users out there? I think it's become my favorite social network type site.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (December 14, 2012)

The hell is Goodreads?

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

It's basically a Facebook for pretentious assholes who want to brag about all the books they read. But it's also a good way to get book recommendations and discuss lit with friends.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (December 14, 2012)

I'd never previously heard of it. is it worth it?

Misanthropee (December 14, 2012)

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7977092-aubin-paul

Fucking LOL @ his friends list.

davebrave4 (December 14, 2012)

LOL is right. Both Brett AND Gina Gurewitz?
But I do approve of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in his top books.

paulsilence (December 14, 2012)

Fucking LOL at Brittany Strummer taking her self-declared nickname THAT seriously.

Misanthropee (December 14, 2012)

Also at the vexingly telling "Quotes Aubin Likes:"

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

"Marketing is the name we use to describe the promise a company makes, the story it tells, the authentic way it delivers on that promise."

skolarx (December 14, 2012)

I would wager to guess that there might actually be some people out there with that last name for real. There is always a chance of that and Brittany is her chosen nickname.

xherojuanax (December 14, 2012)

You find it humorous that someone might compose a username with their actual first name and a made-up last name?

MN_DrNick (December 14, 2012)

Is it made out of toilet paper so I can wipe my ass with it?

smelltheglove (December 14, 2012)

why would you do that? Regular toilet paper is cheaper, I would guess. Plus, then you wouldn't have to wait til February.

ExtraCheesePizza (December 14, 2012)

Why even bother with the charade of calling this fiction? Afraid of being sued for libel or something?

If I was going to write a novel and name the character after me, it would be a gender-swapped Barbarella ripoff.

paulsilence (December 14, 2012)

I'd buy your book.

lostcausegiveup (December 14, 2012)

50 Shades of Douche

damnitsderek (December 14, 2012)

"For Pete's Sake: A Novel"

imadeanaccountjustforthis (December 14, 2012)

Winner.

JPipe (December 14, 2012)

Gee, i don't see how this could possibly be bad.

loki13 (December 14, 2012)

Grey?

seth_uber_alles (December 14, 2012)

will there be an extremely graphic chapter about him boning ashlee simpson?

also I'm not homosexual

puddboy (December 14, 2012)

"co-written"........

dogs (December 14, 2012)

sounds gay

punkpossum (December 14, 2012)

So whet's stopping him?

FelixT (December 14, 2012)

That premise is so original. I miss the time when only people who had something new to say used to write books or make movies. It never really happened, but in my head it has.

milner (December 15, 2012)

What a bell-end

painteater (December 16, 2012)

Will there be a chapter dedicated to the pros and cons of sending penis pics?