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Bret easton ellis is my literary hero but i dont really recommend him to anyone. Set in 90s manhattan, victor ward, a model with perfect abs and all the right friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he hasnt been and with people he doesnt know. Victor ward, a model with perfect abs who exists in magazines and gossip columns and whose life resembles an ultrahip movie, is living with one beautiful model and having an affair with another. Alison leaps up from her chair and races toward lauren but laurens out the door, heading up the stairs to the private vip lounge that hasnt opened yet. The first edition of the novel was published in 1998, and was written by bret easton ellis. The first edition of the novel was published in september 1987, and was written by bret easton ellis. Glamorama italian edition by bret easton ellis nook book.
Bret easton ellis born march 7, 1964 is an american author, screenwriter, shortstory writer, and director. Matching ambition with artistic maturity, glamorama is at once hilarious, savage in its worldly observation, and compassionate in its vision. The main characters of this fiction, contemporary story are patrick bateman, sean bateman. Glamorama should establish ellis as the most fearless and ambitious writer of his generation. Eschewing convention, he embraces views that will make many in literary and media communities cringe, as he takes aim at anti.
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Eschewing convention, he embraces views that will make many in literary and. The number one international bestseller from the author of american psycho and less than zero. Ellis is arguably my favorite writer, but i was about 300 pages into glamorama and i. A reading of the secondtolast chapter of bret easton ellis novel glamorama, set to the music of autohypnosis. Bret easton elliss literary voice emerged fullyformed in his first novel, less than zero, published to acclaim in 1985 when he was 20 years old and still a student at bennington college. Im not even denying it, but thats what i normally dig, so it works. Jun 09, 2010 bret easton ellis is the author of less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho, the informers, glamorama, lunar park, and imperial bedrooms. One of the other early novels written by author bret easton ellis was released under the title glamorama, which was published by the vintage books usa in the year 19898.
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