Less Than Zero

Name: Less Than Zero
Author: Bret Easton Ellis

1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis

Written workliterary workQ1815659

Author: Bret Easton Ellis
Released: 1985
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Followed by: Imperial Bedrooms

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Less than Zero is the debut novel of Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. It was his first published effort, released when he was a 21-year-old student at Bennington College. The novel was titled after the Elvis Costello song of the same name.

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LLess Than Zero1987 · 1987 film directed by Marek Kanievska

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Narrative location: Los Angeles
Country of origin: United States
Title: Less Than Zero
Form of creative work: novel
Derivative work: Less Than Zero
Has characteristic: debut novel

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