lalala, first entry here

[uglie_duckling]

so, i just joined here i think yesterday, or the day before.. I bought "Glamorama" a few weeks ago, and i have like about 50 pages of it left. (ive been reading a few chapters a night). I love it so far though, Bret Easton Ellis= A Genius of the 90s. I've read "Less than Zero" and "The Informers", which were both completely awesome. I also highly

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[safe_illusion]

who is 'twelve' by? i havent heard of it.

[uglie_duckling]

ummm... nick mcdonnel. He is only like 18 or was when he wrote it, but it's a lot like bret easton ellis's stories because of the ominescent(?) point of view and true-to-the-generation plot. it's more about the 21st century but it's soo soo good. i highly reccomend it. I havent heard of one person disliking it.

[safe_illusion]

i shall look into it.

[uglie_duckling]

c00l beans!

[suicidemartini]

twelve really felt like an author's first novel. I think Ellis does a genius job of grounding his novels in the painfully mundane, especially with Less than Zero. i just iddnt buy twelve, especially then ending

[uglie_duckling]

:( i still thought it was good though.. i kind of could relate to it more than i could less than zero and the informers.

[suicidemartini]

maybe because you're from the east coast and I'm from LA :-)

[uglie_duckling]

haha, probably. have you ever been out here? ive never been out there.. it's always been the north east pour moi.