Bret Easton Ellis Summary

Ellis, Bret Easton (1964—) Born and raised in Los Angeles, writer Bret Easton Ellis belongs with novelists Jay McInerney and Tama Janowitz to New York's literary "brat pack,... Read more

In 1985, twenty-one-year-old Bret Easton Ellis jolted the literary world with his first novel, Less than Zero, and was hailed by more than one critic as the voice of the new generation. His subsequent... Read more

Frequently disliked by reviewers, faulted for his youth and apparent disregard for political correctness, Bret Easton Ellis was the enfant terrible of 1980s fiction. His first novel, Less Than Zero (1... Read more

In the following review, Star identifies Ellis's themes and his stylistic contributions to the "L.A. novel." As if to make up for the city's incessant boosterism, the Lo... Read more