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It's been a dozen years since Bret Easton Ellis published a novel. And his latest, The Shards, is a narrative that came to him in 1981 — more than four decades ago — when he was a 17-year-old ...

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Author Bret Easton Ellis explained why he believes Generation X is currently the most conservative generation in an interview with UnHerd's Jacob Furedi. "I think part of the reason why Gen X is ...

“When you’re talking to me, you’re really talking to yourself,” warns the protagonist’s friend in Bret Easton Ellis’s latest novel, “The Shards.” The novel truly feels like talking ...

THE SHARDS, by Bret Easton Ellis Los Angeles, 1981 — the affluent Westside canyons. Kim Carnes’s “Bette Davis Eyes” is on the radio, “The Shining” has just come out in theaters and ...

I am a reluctant fan of both Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis for completely different reasons. But they don’t really strike me as two men whose work would go together well. But I guess we’re ...

Author Bret Easton Ellis says the announced "American Psycho" reimagining isn't real. Ellis said during his eponymous podcast that announced remake's director Luca Guadagnino and rumored lead ...

Guadagnino’s version, which is being billed as an entirely new adaptation of Ellis’ book, was announced in 2024 as a Lionsgate film with Scott Z. Burns (“Extrapolations,” “The Bourne ...