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Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Rummel is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Less Than Zero about?

The timeless classic from the acclaimed author of American Psycho is about the lost generation of 1980s Los Angeles who experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. "Possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality." - The New York Times They live in a world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity, and too much money in a place devoid of feeling or hope. When Clay comes home for Christmas vacation from his Eastern college, he re-enters a landscape of limitless privilege and absolute moral entropy, where everyone drives Porsches, dines at Spago, and snorts mountains of cocaine. "One of the most disturbing novels I've read in a long time. It possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesHe tries to renew feelings for his girlfriend, Blair, and for his best friend from high school, Julian, who is careering into hustling and heroin. Clay's holiday turns into a dizzying spiral of desperation that takes him through the relentless parties in glitzy mansions, seedy bars, and underground rock clubs and also into the seamy world of L.A. after dark.

Who reads Less Than Zero?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Rummel
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9780671543297
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, American Fiction
Rating
3.58 / 5 (46,819 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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