Bret Easton Ellis American writer Bret Easton Ellis, 2019. (more) Bret Easton Ellis American author Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Written by Nicholas Gisonna Nick Gisonna started writing online in 2010 on his own website writing reviews of burgers and diners in New Jersey. Since then, he has contributed to video game, movie, and heavy metal sites across the... Nicholas Gisonna, René Ostberg René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. René Ostberg•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Nov 25, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question After his debut in 1985 with the novel Less Than Zero, American writer Bret Easton Ellis was declared by many critics as the “voice of a generation.” Ellis’s darkly sardonic first novel captured the jaded nihilism of the emerging Generation X, and he soon became famous as a member of the so-called “Literary Brat Pack”—a group of up-and-coming American authors in the 1980s and early ’90s that included Jay McInerney and Donna Tartt. Since then, Ellis has continued to produce starkly disturbing satirical works that criticize the endless greed of upper-class society, populating his novels with caricatures of financially wealthy ...(100 of 1745 words)

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