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Imperial Bedrooms
Imperial Bedrooms | Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Elliss debut, Less Than Zero, is one of the signal novels of the last thirty years, and he now follows those infamous teenagers into an even more desperate middle age. Clay, a successful screenwriter, has returned from New York to Los Angeles to help cast his new movie, and hes soon drifting through a long-familiar circle. Blair, his former girlfriend, is married to Trent, an influential manager whos still a bisexual philanderer, and their Beverly Hills parties attract various levels of fame, fortune and power. Then theres Clays childhood friend Julian, a recovering addict, and their old dealer, Rip, face-lifted beyond recognition and seemingly even more sinister than in his notorious past. But Clays own demons emerge once he meets a gorgeous young actress determined to win a role in his movie. And when his life careens completely out of control, he has no choice but to plumb the darkest recesses of his character and come to terms with his proclivity for betrayal. A genuine literary event. From the Hardcover edition.
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Hooked_on_books
Imperial Bedrooms | Bret Easton Ellis
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I love podcasts with author interviews. I found one of my favorite books, Pachinko, after listening to the amazing Min Jin Lee on a podcast. And today I heard one with Bret Easton Ellis, whom I have never read. He was lovely. Relatable, down to earth, and when asked about his favorite recent reads, he named only female authors. 😍 Also, he has 30 novels on his nightstand.

Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

Billypar I used to listen to KCRW's Bookworm, which is all author interviews- Michael Silverblatt introduced me to a lot of authors. 5y
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Billypar
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My ugly ducklings...if I had to name the covers, I'd go with Ridiculous, Offensive, and Boring.
#badcovers #riotgrams @bookriot

Heideschrampf I actually dig all three! Ha! 7y
Billypar @Heideschrampf It's a fine line sometimes ☺️ I don't have anything on the level of some of the posts...some great, bad ones! 7y
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Anneblythe
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This happens too often and I've lowered my expectations to film adaptations to the minimum. 😬😬😬

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JelizaRose
Imperial Bedrooms | Bret Easton Ellis
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I love Bret Easton Ellis. His brain makes me happy when I get to peak inside. This is the rare case when a sequel is better than the original. I love how meta it is and how it deconstructs the first novel by constantly referring to things that are false. It feels fresh, modern. I loved revisiting the relationship of Clay and Julian, seeing what Clay has become. He's a much more depraved character not a clear monster like Rip but on his way.

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smccallum
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Despise. If you ignore BEE's somewhat worrying media personality (celebrating the death of loved authors, on women and rape) it still does not save this book. It feels incredibly hastily thrown together with a lazy prose that belongs in a A Level - if that - English class. Endless shock violence to distract from a real lack of substance. I thought Less Than Zero was a good book whilst unpleasant but this sequel is just unpleasant.

manifestsanity I'll call that and raise you. They're both awful! 8y
Julsmarshall Yeah, no. I no longer read his books, they are too awful, life is too short, worthwhile books are too many in number :) 8y
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tricours
Imperial Bedrooms | Bret Easton Ellis
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This book is a poorly written mess where very few things make sense and violence is seemingly thrown in to make us forget this fact.

GinaAnderson Good to know. 8y
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tricours
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Best quote so far. Why are all the women in Bret Easton Ellis's books so stupid and empty? Why are all the characters always exactly the same?

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tricours
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VeryLazyDaisy Yep. Guys are the worst 8y
JelizaRose Great quote! 8y
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tricours
Imperial Bedrooms | Bret Easton Ellis
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The return of summer coincides well with my Sunday reading! Reading about spoiled rich people isn't my favorite though, but this is my boyfriend's favorite author, so...

GinaAnderson I used to love Bret Easton Ellis back in the day. How is this? 8y
tricours @GinaAnderson I'm not sure... I read American Psycho 15 years ago, so I don't know if I'd like that, but that felt different from this and Less than zero. The writing feels so extremely simplistic and everything anyone does just seems so pointless. Party after party after party isn't what I prefer to read about. What are his other books like? 8y
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