Five years later, when Ellis was just 21, his debut novel was published. Titled Less than Zero after the Elvis Costello song of the same name, the novel became synonymous with nihilism, the apathetic ways of the rich, and even, according to some, "disturbing."
"There's a lot of it that I wish was slightly more elegantly written. Overall, I was pretty shocked. It was pretty good writing for someone who was 19. I was pretty surprised by the level of writing."
View this post on Instagram25 years after the initial publication, Ellis published a sequel to Less than Zero following the same characters as they approached and/or reached middle age. The novel, which was titled Imperial Bedrooms and published in 2010, also took inspiration from the title of an Elvis Costello record. Response to the follow-up book was both polarizing and mixed.
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