Less Than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis - Softcover

Easton Ellis, Bret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330539329 ISBN 13: 9780330539326

Publisher: Picador, 2011

Synopsis

In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with his debut novel, Less Than Zero. Published when he was just twenty-one, this extraordinary and instantly infamous work has done more than simply define a genre, it has become a rare thing: a cult classic and a timeless embodiment of the zeitgeist. It continues to be a landmark in the lives of successive generations of readers across the globe., Filled with relentless drinking in seamy bars and glamorous nightclubs, wild, drug-fuelled parties, and dispassionate sexual encounters, Less Than Zero - narrated by Clay, an eighteen-year-old student returning home to Los Angeles for Christmas - is a fierce coming-of-age story, justifiably celebrated for its unflinching depiction of hedonistic youth, its brutal portrayal of the inexorable consequences of such moral depravity, and its author's refusal to condone or chastise such behaviour.

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Review:

An extraordinarily accomplished first novel. (New Yorker)

The Catcher in the Rye for the MTV generation. (USA Today)

One of the most disturbing novels I’ve read in a long time. It possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality. (Michiko Kakutani New York Times)

Book Description:

A disturbing portrayal of privileged and immoral LA teenagers, Less Than Zero is a cult classic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0330539329
• ISBN 13: 9780330539326
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208