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In the September/October 2005 issue of Pages magazine, the literary Brat Pack was identified as Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, Jay McInerney, and Mark Lindquist. McInerney and Janowitz were based in New York City. Others affiliated with this group include Susan Minot, Donna Tartt, Peter Farrelly and David Leavitt.
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack [1] and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. [2] His novels commonly share recurring characters. [3] [4]
Tama Janowitz (born April 12, 1956) is an American novelist and a short story writer. She is often referenced as one of the main "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney. [2]
American Psycho is a satirical horror novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991.The story is told in the first-person by Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, narcissistic, vain Manhattan investment banker who lives a double life as a serial killer.
Labelled the 'literary brat pack' in a 1987 article in the Village Voice, McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz were presented as the new face of literature: young, iconoclastic and fresh. [a] Five novels followed: Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, The Last of the Savages and Model Behavior.
Most notable among these is Ellis himself, but others include friend and fellow author Jay McInerney and Ellis's late father. Bret Easton Ellis – Novelist who rose to fame while still at college with his debut novel Less than Zero; now lives in the suburbs with old flame Jayne Dennis. There are considerable differences between this Ellis and ...
The following is a List of authors by name whose last ... Alice Thomas Ellis ... England, f/nf), born Ann Margaret Lindholm; Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US, f/d ...
The Informers is a collection of short stories, linked by the same continuity, written by American author Bret Easton Ellis. The collection was first published as a whole in 1994. Chapters 6 and 7, "Water from the Sun" and "Discovering Japan", were published separately in the UK by Picador in 2007. [1]