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Like Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms is still minimalist and finds his protagonist Clay, like Ellis, now a screenwriter and in his 40s.
In 1985, Ellis was propelled to stardom, when he was just 21 years-old and still a college student, after his crisply-written tale of a spoiled ambivalence and materialism within his generation of kids became a huge hit and spawned a cult-hit movie starring Robert Downey Jr and Andrew McCarthy.
His newest novel Imperial Bedrooms has just been published in the
"I don't feel like I am the 80’s spokesperson," Ellis, now 46, said in an interview.
Critics may have felt his most famous book and others, such as American Psycho were about the 1980s, but Ellis insists otherwise. "They were actually about myself."
Still, Ellis noted that a return to the 80s in pop culture -- as evidenced in the current movie remakes of the A-Team and The Karate Kid to the latest fashion styles -- could bode well for drawing readers back to check out the mid-life events of his Less Than Zero characters Clay, Blair and Julian.
"The people who came of age in the 80s are now controlling the culture, and I think that is why you see a lot of 80s influences everywhere," he said.
Nevertheless, the attraction puzzles him. "I don't know why that decade seems to resonate with people," he said.
Like Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms is still minimalist and finds his protagonist Clay, like Ellis, now a screenwriter and in his 40s.
But like the old days, Clay -- not Ellis -- snorts cocaine, enjoys disillusioned sex with both genders and cynically reflects on copious
The book is darker than its predecessor in what Ellis called the "exploitation" of ambitious young actors in
"It is exploitation, I do think it is about people using each other," he said. "In
The Boston Herald called Ellis' seventh novel "stunning" but "unlikely to generate the attention and controversy of Less Than Zero or Ellis' American Psycho, about a serial killer in
The Village Voice said Imperial Bedrooms was a "quicker, more controlled fire than its predecessor."
Ellis said he was not aiming to capitalize on the success of Less Than Zero but after his last novel,
But in turning out a sequel, Ellis insisted he is not pandering to his early fans.
"The expectations of readers who love Less Than Zero, I didn't take them into consideration," he said.
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