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Bret Easton Ellis


Born

in Los Angeles, California, The United States

March 07, 1964


Website

http://www.breteastonellis.com/


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Genre

Satire, Fiction


Influences

Don DeLillo, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Gustave FlauberDon DeLillo, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Gustave Flaubert, Stephen King, Philip Roth, Joan Didion, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce...more


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Bret Easton Ellis is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters.
When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful. Upon its release the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster
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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an Americanwriter.

Ellis was born in Los Angeles, California to rich parents.[1] He was raised in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. He attended schools for the rich and famous. He also attended Bennington College.[1]

His first novel was Less Than Zero in 1985.[1] His next novel was The Rules of Attraction in 1987.[2]

Ellis's third novel was American Psycho in 1991. It made him famous. In 1998, it was still selling 25,000 copies a year.[2] The book's hero is an investmentbanker and sadisticserial killer named Patrick Bateman.[3] His violent acts are described in detail. The Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) called for a boycott of the book. NOW described it as "a how-to novel on the torture and dismemberment of women".[4] Easton's publisherSimon and Schuster ended their contract with Ellis.[4]Vintage Press bought and published the book.[4] Ellis got several death threats, but the book sold well

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Bret Easton Ellis

American author, screenwriter, and director (born 1964)

Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack[1] and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style.[2] His novels commonly share recurring characters.[3][4]

When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985),[5] was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful.[6] Upon its release the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic.[7] Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster,[5] the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year.[8]

Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, re

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