Bret Easton Ellis
Also known as Bret-Easton Ellis, Bret Ellis
American novelist (b. 1964)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 March 1964
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Psikhopat Ameriḳaʾi
- ha-Malshinim
- American Psycho
- Paḥot me-efes
- 30 unter 40
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1964-03-07
has german audiobooks
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- 1,989
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Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) 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 often 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, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year.
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