Less Than Zero

Less Than ZeroIn 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

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with an ear exquisitely attuned to Baudelaire's lyrical innovations and an intuitive feel for the work's dark and brooding mood