Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis is another book I couldn't put down. The movie starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Downey Jr is also amazing. Less Than Zero chronicles the life of Clay (McCarthy) a college freshman home for Christmas and how he deals with his exgirlfriend and his best friend's decent into a hell of his own making. The story is both desolate and decadent.
Clay (McCarthy) a rich yong adult from Southern California has decided to go out east for university. Blair (Gertz - Clay's girlfriend) has decided to stay in California and does some modelling and Julian, the best friend (Downey Jr),had stayed there too and partied with a vengeance.
The desolate aspect of lives destroyed or in the pocess of compared to the decadence of the very rich in California create a stark and rich contrast. Clay must also contend with his girlfriend and best friend getting together while he was away.
This is Brett Easton Elliss' first novel. And his books that followed were all good, but Less Than Zero remains my favourite.
Brett Easton Ellis
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles video with scenes from Less Than Zero
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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