Bret Easton Ellis in general

Bret Easton Ellis is by no stretch of the imagination a prolific author. To my knowledge five novels have appeared since 1985. Each novel reviewed here serve to remind how morally bereft some sections of American society can be. I have reviewed all of the four works I have read together as I feel that they are all similar in scope and theme. Less Than Zero:- The first novel that Ellis had published and a stunner at that. Written in the first person singular and present tense throughout the novel provides a commentary of affluent youth of mid 1980’s Los Angeles. Clay an eighteen year old student returns to L.A. for Christmas, re-establishes old ...