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post #16 of 30
7/28/10 at 6:23pm
Rules of Attraction was very funny.
American Psycho was great too.
Less than Zero was good and a quick read, became disturbing towards the end.
The Informers is meh
Glamorama was hilarious in the beginning (especially the scene when he was talking to his agent) and the last half was slow, but had some disturbing mental imagery, that was at the same time questionable.
Havent read the others yet. Ill probably read Lunar Park crossing the Pacific next week and Imperial Bedrooms after that.

I suggest reading LtZ or RoA first especially since Characters from several of his other books originated from these two.
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post #17 of 30
7/28/10 at 10:18pm
As others said, American Psycho and Less than Zero are great, most of the other stuff is passable. His new book, Imperial Bedrooms, is a definite skip. The story is supposed to be somewhat of a mystery, but it's not hard to figure out or interesting. He used to have a pulse on what was douchey at the moment, but the most cultural criticism he gives in this book seems to be mentioning the fact that the character drives a BMW and uses and iPhone. There was a Band of Outsiders suit mention too.
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post #18 of 30
7/29/10 at 9:58am
I've been reading Imperial Bedrooms off and on in the Borders near work, and I thought the BoO reference was laughable. I mean, it's cool that it was mentioned, but there's no need to try and be cool. It comes off a little forced.
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post #19 of 30
7/29/10 at 10:38am
I hate his books because they're shallow and boring. Just looked at his Twitter feed ... it's funny stuff. He makes comments such as: "The National is the best record I've heard in a year." Or "James Perse are the best clothes I've worn in a year". What, did he suddenly discover a series of immortal masterpieces exactly a year ago?
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post #20 of 30
7/29/10 at 11:46am
I loved American Psycho and liked Less than Zero slightly less. I read a less than flattering review of Imperial Bedrooms yesterday on the Paste Magazine website but I'm still interested and will probably add it to the stack of books I am working through.
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post #21 of 30
7/29/10 at 2:21pm
He created the character of Patrick Bateman. His place as a legend is secured.
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post #22 of 30
7/29/10 at 5:15pm
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He created the character of Patrick Bateman. His place as a legend is secured.

Aye to this.
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post #23 of 30
7/30/10 at 12:41am
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He created the character of Patrick Bateman. His place as a legend is secured.

Indeed.
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post #24 of 30
7/30/10 at 3:26pm
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He created the character of Patrick Bateman. His place as a legend is secured.

Agreed.
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post #25 of 30
7/31/10 at 4:46pm
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After reading a lot of RoA I am starting to find his books preety samey. Basically sex, drugs and violence delivered in short compact sentences with a seemingly non-chalant attitude on the part of the narrator to almost everything. Not neccesarily a bad thing but still..
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post #26 of 30
7/31/10 at 7:06pm
Bret was just on NPR's all things considered talking about his new book. Jay McInerney followed up talking about BEL, Bright Lights, Big City and his new collection of short stories.

I've read that Patrick Bateman was based on his father, but on all things considered he said Bateman was also based on himself and not necessarily a commentary on 80s Wall Street culture.

A thing I've always wondered probably thinking beyond the realm of it's just fictional entertainment so just enjoy it, but why are the Bateman kids (Sean and Patrick) so fucked up?
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post #27 of 30
8/6/10 at 2:17pm
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Bret was just on NPR's all things considered talking about his new book. Jay McInerney followed up talking about BEL, Bright Lights, Big City and his new collection of short stories.

I've read that Patrick Bateman was based on his father, but on all things considered he said Bateman was also based on himself and not necessarily a commentary on 80s Wall Street culture.

A thing I've always wondered probably thinking beyond the realm of it's just fictional entertainment so just enjoy it, but why are the Bateman kids (Sean and Patrick) so fucked up?

My take on the end is that Patrick was an untreated schizophrenic and most of his escapades never happened (delusion, hallucinations).
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post #28 of 30
8/16/10 at 2:49pm
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Just finished Lunar Park and found it much more original than some of the other stuff he has been churning out (excluding AmPhysc) certainly more plot driven. Obviously mostly ficticious but I wonder how much of the intro is true.
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post #29 of 30
8/16/10 at 4:25pm
I enjoyed the french version American Psycho.
I am actually reading Imperial Bedrooms.
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post #30 of 30
8/16/10 at 5:37pm
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He created the character of Patrick Bateman. His place as a legend is secured.

No doubt about it, American Psycho is a very strong book - time will tell if it's a masterpiece, too. Generally speaking, I agree with whom says that the other works are flatter and less original.
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