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Bret Easton Ellis, Bret Easton Ellis
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White
Trade Paperback. 2019. 288 S. 234 mm
Verlag/Jahr: MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS INTERNATIONAL; PICADOR 2019
ISBN: 1-529-01243-0 (1529012430)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-529-01243-9 (9781529012439)
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Bret Easton Ellis´s first work of non-fiction is an incendiary polemic about what is going on in the world right now -guaranteed to entertain, surprise and provoke.
Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for his era-defining novel American Psycho and its terrifying anti-hero, Patrick Bateman. With that book, and many times since, Ellis proved himself to be one of the world´s most fearless and clear-sighted observers of society - the glittering surface and the darkness beneath.
In White, his first work of non-fiction, Ellis offers a wide-ranging exploration of what the hell is going on right now. He tells personal stories from his own life. He writes with razor-sharp precision about the music, movies, books and TV he loves and hates. He examines the ways our culture, politics and relationships have changed over the last four decades. He talks about social media, Hollywood celebrities and Donald Trump.
Ellis considers conflicting positions without flinching and adheres to no status quo. His forthright views are powered by a fervent belief in artistic freedom and freedom of speech. Candid, funny, entertaining and blisteringly honest, he offers opinions that are impossible to ignore and certain to provoke.
What he values above all is the truth. ´The culture at large seemed to encourage discourse,´ he writes, ´but what it really wanted to do was shut down the individual.´ Bret Easton Ellis will not be shut down.
If Joan Didion is the California ice queen who picked apart the increasingly threadbare fabric of 70s American society, then, with his forthcoming White, Bret Easton Ellis is her heir apparent. Vanity Fair
Easton Ellis, Bret
Bret Easton Ellis is the author of several novels, including Imperial Bedrooms, Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Glamorama and Lunar Park, and a collection of stories, The Informers. Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and The Informers have all been made into films. His first work of non-fiction, White, was published in 2019. He is the host of the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast available on Patreon. He lives in Los Angeles.