- New York Times reviewed, Middle-aged men, Male friendship, Generation X
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 that will leave him no choice but to plumb the darkest recesses of his character and come to terms with his proclivity for betrayal.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Bret Easton Ellis
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 210
- Publisher
- Picador USA, Knopf, Vintage
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9788439723288
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