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FURTHER READING

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Barnes, Hugh. "Young Ones." London Review of Books 8, No. 10 (5 June 1986): 22.

A review of Less Than Zero that considers the novel alongside "postpunk" writing by Julie Burchill.

Brown, Rosellen. "The Emperor's New Fiction." Boston Review 11, No. 4 (August 1986): 7-8.

Looks at the style and content of "postsixties" fiction, including Ellis's Less Than Zero.

Hendin, Josephine. "Fictions of Acquisition." Culture in an Age of Money, edited by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 216-33. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1990.

Presents an overview of "youthcult fiction" of the 1980s, including that of Bret Easton Ellis.

Irving, John. "Pornography and the New Puritans." New York Times Book Review (29 March 1992): 1, 24-25, 27.

Discusses American Psycho in the context of...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Richard Eder (review date 13 September 1987)
   2. Scott Spenser (review date 13 September 1987)
   3. David Pan (essay date Summer 1988)
   4. Peter Freese (essay date 1990)
   5. Nicki Sahlin (essay date Fall 1991)
   6. Elizabeth Young (essay date 1992)
   7. Neal Karlen (review date 21 August 1994)
   8. Alexander Star (review date 5 September 1994)
   9. George Stade (review date 18 September 1994)
   10. James Gardner (review date 17 June 1996)
   11. Carla Freccero (essay date Summer 1997)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright