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Less Than Zero (Vintage Contemporaries)

Bret Easton Ellis · 1985 · Book

Fiction

This work explores the disenchanted lives of affluent youth in the 1980s, exposing the emptiness and superficiality that accompany extreme privilege.

ModernCasual Nihilism Among PrivilegeMoral Disintegration of YouthDisconnection in Urban LandscapesEffects of Substance Abuse on IdentityExistential Dread in Consumer Culture

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