Synopsis Bret Easton Ellis's first novel was a publishing sensation when it was published in 1985. The story of disaffected young people in the cold and amoral pop-culture world of Los Angeles, it is told from the point of view of Clay, who begins to question the emptiness of his life. LESS THAN ZERO was published when Ellis was 21 and still in college; inevitably, it was compared to Jay Mc Inerney's New York equivalent, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1985-05-01 |
Publisher's Note Clay, a freshman at an Eastern college, returns home to Los Angeles for Christmas break, but feels totally disconnected and aimless there, and discovers a seamy world of drugs and prostitution.
Industry Reviews "[T]he implications of 'Less Than Zero' cannot be ignored by any serious novelist." Salon - Jonathan Keats (01/22/1999)
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