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Knopf
June 2010
On Sale: June 15, 2010
192 pages
ISBN: 0307266109
EAN: 9780307266101
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Fiction
Bret Ellis's first novel, Less Than Zero, is one of the
signal novels of the last thirty years, and he now follows
those infamous teenagers into an even more desperate middle age. Clay, a successful screenwriter, has returned from New York
to Los Angeles to help cast his new movie, and he's soon
drifting through a long-familiar circle. Blair, his former
girlfriend, is married to Trent, a powerful manager who's
still a bisexual philanderer, and their Beverly Hills
parties attract various levels of fame and fortune. Then
there's Clay's childhood friend Julian, a recovering addict,
and their old dealer, Rip, face-lifted beyond recognition
and seemingly even more sinister than in his notorious past. But Clay's own demons emerge once he meets a gorgeous young
actress determined to win a role in his movie. And when his
life careens out of control, he's forced to come to terms
with the deepest recesses of his character--and with his
proclivity for...
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