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- Imperial Bedrooms is a novel by American author Bret Easton Ellis. Released on June 15, 2010, it is the sequel to Less than Zero, Ellis' 1985 bestselling literary debut, which was shortly followed by a film adaptation in 1987. Imperial Bedrooms revisits Less than Zero's self-destructive and disillusioned youths as they approach middle-age in the present day. Like Ellis' earlier novel, which took its name from Elvis Costello's 1977 song of the same name, Imperial Bedrooms is named after Costello's 1982 album. The action of the novel takes place twenty-five years after Less than Zero. Its story follows Clay, a New York-based screenwriter, after he returns to Los Angeles to cast his new film. There he becomes embroiled in the sinister world of his former friends and confronts the darker aspects of his own personality. The novel opens with a literary device which suggests the possibility that the narrator of Imperial Bedrooms may not be the same as the narrator of Less than Zero although both are ostensibly narrated by Clay. In doing this, Ellis is able to comment on the earlier novel's style and on the development of its moralistic film adaptation. In the novel Ellis explores Clay's pathological narcissism, masochistic and sadistic tendencies, and exploitative personality, which had been less explicit in Less than Zero. Ellis chose to do this in part to dispel the sentimental reputation Less than Zero has accrued over the years, that of "an artifact of the 1980s". Imperial Bedrooms retains Ellis' characteristic transgressive style and applies it to the 2000s (decade) and 2010s, covering amongst other things, the impact of new communication technologies on daily lives. Ellis began working on what would become Imperial Bedrooms during the development of his 2005 novel, Lunar Park. As with his previous works, Imperial Bedrooms depicts scenes of sex, extreme violence and hedonism in a minimalist style devoid of emotion. Some commentators have noted however that unlike previous works, Imperial Bedrooms employs more of the conventional devices of popular fiction. Reviews were mixed and frequently polarized. Some reviewers felt the novel was a successful return to themes explored in Less than Zero, Lunar Park and American Psycho (1991), while others derided it as boring or self-indulgent. (en)
- Suite(s) impériale(s) (titre original : Imperial Bedrooms) est le septième roman de Bret Easton Ellis, publié le 15 juin 2010 aux États-Unis et le 26 août 2010 en France. Il s'agit de la suite du premier best-seller de Bret Easton Ellis, Moins que zéro. (fr)
- Imperial Bedrooms è un romanzo scritto da Bret Easton Ellis nel 2010 ed è il sequel di Meno di zero, il bestseller debutto letterario di Ellis nel 1985, trasformato poi in un film nel 1987. Il romanzo riporta in vita i giovani autodistruttivi e disillusi di Meno di zero che entrano, ora, nella mezza età. Come per il primo romanzo di Ellis, il nome Imperial Bedrooms è preso dall'album Imperial Bedroom di Elvis Costello del 1982. (it)
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- This book has its share of horror, not least a series of gangland slayings, but then dead bodies are to a Bret Easton Ellis novel what aspidistras are to George Orwell's: part of the scenery. More noticeable is the misting of melancholy that enshrouds LA's billboards and boulevards, and the mysterious crying fits that steal over its hero... Feelings? In a novel by Bret Easton Ellis? Whatever will his fans say? (en)
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- Review Tom Shone, commenting on typical and atypical features of the new novel for The Sunday Times (en)
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- Suite(s) impériale(s) (titre original : Imperial Bedrooms) est le septième roman de Bret Easton Ellis, publié le 15 juin 2010 aux États-Unis et le 26 août 2010 en France. Il s'agit de la suite du premier best-seller de Bret Easton Ellis, Moins que zéro. (fr)
- Imperial Bedrooms è un romanzo scritto da Bret Easton Ellis nel 2010 ed è il sequel di Meno di zero, il bestseller debutto letterario di Ellis nel 1985, trasformato poi in un film nel 1987. Il romanzo riporta in vita i giovani autodistruttivi e disillusi di Meno di zero che entrano, ora, nella mezza età. Come per il primo romanzo di Ellis, il nome Imperial Bedrooms è preso dall'album Imperial Bedroom di Elvis Costello del 1982. (it)
- Imperial Bedrooms is a novel by American author Bret Easton Ellis. Released on June 15, 2010, it is the sequel to Less than Zero, Ellis' 1985 bestselling literary debut, which was shortly followed by a film adaptation in 1987. Imperial Bedrooms revisits Less than Zero's self-destructive and disillusioned youths as they approach middle-age in the present day. Like Ellis' earlier novel, which took its name from Elvis Costello's 1977 song of the same name, Imperial Bedrooms is named after Costello's 1982 album. (en)
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