Imperial Bedrooms by Unknown, Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis explores what disillusioned youth looks like 25 years later in this brutal sequel to Less Than Zero. Clay, now a screenwriter, returns at Christmas to an L.A. that looks and operates much as it did 25 years ago. Trent is now a producer and married to Clays ex, Blair, while Julian runs an escort service and Rip, Clays old dealer, has had so much plastic surgery hes unrecognizable. While casting a script hes written, Clay falls for a young, untalented actress named Rain Turner, and his obsession and affair with her powers him through an alcoholic haze that swirls with images of death, mysterious text messages, and cars lurking outside his apartment. The story takes on a creepy noirish bentwith Clay as the frightened detective who doesnt really want to know anythingas it barrels toward a conclusion that reveals the horror that lies at the center of a tortured soul. Ellis fans will delight in the characters and Elliss easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novels synch
Crime
Imperial Bedrooms
Unknown, Bret Easton Ellis
Category: Crime
Tags: Crime
Ellis explores what disillusioned youth looks like 25 years later in this brutal sequel to Less Than Zero. Clay, now a screenwriter, returns at Christmas to an L.A. that looks and operates much as it did 25 years ago. Trent is now a producer and married to Clays ex, Blair, while Julian runs an escort service and Rip, Clays old dealer, has had so much plastic surgery hes unrecognizable. While casting a script hes written, Clay falls for a young, untalented actress named Rain Turner, and his obsession and affair with her powers him through an alcoholic haze that swirls with images of death, mysterious text messages, and cars lurking outside his apartment. The story takes on a creepy noirish bentwith Clay as the frightened detective who doesnt really want to know anythingas it barrels toward a conclusion that reveals the horror that lies at the center of a tortured soul. Ellis fans will delight in the characters and Elliss easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novels synch
