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[[File:Ellis.jpg|thumb|300px|Bret Easton Ellis in 2010]]
Los Angeles-born writer who rose to fame in [[The Eighties]] as one of the "Literary Brat Pack"-- and probably the most successful of this group. Works include:
'''Bret Easton Ellis''' is a [[Los Angeles]]-born writer who rose to fame in [[The Eighties]] as one of the "Literary Brat Pack"-- and probably the most successful of this group. Works include:


* ''[[Less Than Zero]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Less Than Zero]]'' (1985)
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* [[As Himself]]: ''[[Lunar Park]]'' is narrated in first person by Bret Easton Ellis, the successful writer of ''[[American Psycho]]'' and other novels. At the beginning, it sounds autobiographical, but then completely descends to fiction.
* [[As Himself]]: ''[[Lunar Park]]'' is narrated in first person by Bret Easton Ellis, the successful writer of ''[[American Psycho]]'' and other novels. At the beginning, it sounds autobiographical, but then completely descends to fiction.
* [[Black Comedy]]: As pitch black as it gets. All of his books, no matter how violent or full of [[Squick]], contain at least three laugh out loud moments and lots of sly dialogue.
* [[Black Comedy]]: As pitch black as it gets. All of his books, no matter how violent or full of [[Squick]], contain at least three laugh out loud moments and lots of sly dialogue.
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Bret Easton Ellis in 2010

Bret Easton Ellis is a Los Angeles-born writer who rose to fame in The Eighties as one of the "Literary Brat Pack"-- and probably the most successful of this group. Works include:

Alongside the controversy of these books, Ellis is a fairly public figure, whose Twitter account and public quotes skirt the edges of misogyny and misanthropy. In short, Ellis is a terrific writer who isn't all right in the head.


Bret Easton Ellis provides examples of the following tropes: