The itchy hair of American literature had not published a novel for thirteen years.
The publication of Les
Éclats
is therefore as important as that of Le
Passager
, by Cormac McCarthy.
Bret Easton Ellis came to defend his book in Paris.
He received us in a black tracksuit, black sweater and black sneakers in his suite at the Madame rêve palace, rue du Louvre.
At 59, the one who calls himself old and looks like Philip Seymour Hoffman has a rosy complexion and a sharp verb.
LE FIGARO.
- It took you forty years to complete this novel.
What was the trigger?
Bret Easton ELLIS.
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I thought of all those people I dated when I was 17: my girlfriend, my secret boyfriend, that straight couple I adored.
I remembered how far west I was at the time.
What a liar I was.
I pretended to be the boyfriend of a gorgeous girl who was in love with me, and I was actually playing a role.
My imagination was running at full speed.
I assumed that one of our teachers...
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