Glamorama (Vintage Contemporaries)

Weird, will have to read it again sometime!

Don't make me read this any more. I thought it was hard to follow and I didn't care about any of the characters. I gave up halfway through and I"m amazed I made it that far.

Feuilleton complètement barré sur l'un des personnages des Lois de l'Attraction : Victor Ward, jeune yuppie des 90's, veut ouvrir une boîte de nuit en plein coeur de New York...jusqu'à ce qu'on lui demande de retrouver une ancienne conquête en Europe pour le compte d'une mystérieuse organisation... Mais pourquoi diable tout le monde semble voir Victor dans des soirées où...more

Feuilleton complètement barré sur l'un des personnages des Lois de l'Attraction : Victor Ward, jeune yuppie des 90's, veut ouvrir une boîte de nuit en plein coeur de New York...jusqu'à ce qu'on lui demande de retrouver une ancienne conquête en Europe pour le compte d'une mystérieuse organisation... Mais pourquoi diable tout le monde semble voir Victor dans des soirées où il est certain de ne pas être allé ?   hide

Throws the rules of writing out the window. Punctuation? Not if it slows the story down, finishing sentences, cliche, putting any words on a page- not always necessary.A gift to those who have read his previous novels because all your favorites are here, all grown up.Paul Denton, Chloe Byrne, Lauren Hynde, Allison Poole, Victor Ward, Patrick Bateman. It's a Camden college reunion. The story is...more

Throws the rules of writing out the window. Punctuation? Not if it slows the story down, finishing sentences, cliche, putting any words on a page- not always necessary.A gift to those who have read his previous novels because all your favorites are here, all grown up.Paul Denton, Chloe Byrne, Lauren Hynde, Allison Poole, Victor Ward, Patrick Bateman. It's a Camden college reunion. The story is secondary to this gathering. The cellphone references, movie and music references are top-notch. When in trouble Victor mumbles, "this isn't one of those 'that's me in the spotlight, me in the corner' type moments is it?Timely. Dated. Never. It was cutting edge the day it was written and the references dated 'by next week' according to Ellis. Which is why it's so great. Put on your Comme de Garcon shirt, grab your Vespa, Latte, ipod playing the new song by "Hey that's my shoe", grab your Stortac phone and be happy that whole 'underwear thing' isn't haunting you like it is Marky Mark.   hide

I am pretty nonplussed by this novel, which doesn't happen very often. I usually have a pretty good handle on how to take a book after having read it, but I guess it is a kind of tribute to BEE that I really don't know what to think about it. I think I liked it - it was remarkably well-written, but that's pretty much to be expected with Mr Ellis's work. I think I will have to revisit this review...more

I am pretty nonplussed by this novel, which doesn't happen very often. I usually have a pretty good handle on how to take a book after having read it, but I guess it is a kind of tribute to BEE that I really don't know what to think about it. I think I liked it - it was remarkably well-written, but that's pretty much to be expected with Mr Ellis's work. I think I will have to revisit this review after letting the book digest in my head for awhile. It's too soon to say. Watch this space.   hide

Totally weird and pretty good. I think it's a too long and gets redundent but Ellis' writing is amazing as usual. It's a lot different than AP but still rocking with the satire. None of the characters were likable and although that's kind of the point it makes it a tough read and i found it a chore to get through. It's really like reading two different books. It starts out in...more

Totally weird and pretty good. I think it's a too long and gets redundent but Ellis' writing is amazing as usual. It's a lot different than AP but still rocking with the satire. None of the characters were likable and although that's kind of the point it makes it a tough read and i found it a chore to get through. It's really like reading two different books. It starts out in the New York model/club scene and all of a sudden they're terrorists and there's way brutal explosions and murders. I suggest it to fans of Ellis (like me) but like i said its long and weird so be aware. be prepared for a butt load of buttsex for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON in one scene   hide

Ellis does the action bits in this novel quite well for a writer more accustomed to detailing the lives of vapid urbanites. There's the usual, stomach-turning gore necessary in pre-Lunar Park Ellis, but it's flanked by satire of early-mid-90s life. Though the satire is much the same as in American Psycho, it is updated with more-recent brand names. However, between the convoluted detailing of...more

Ellis does the action bits in this novel quite well for a writer more accustomed to detailing the lives of vapid urbanites. There's the usual, stomach-turning gore necessary in pre-Lunar Park Ellis, but it's flanked by satire of early-mid-90s life. Though the satire is much the same as in American Psycho, it is updated with more-recent brand names. However, between the convoluted detailing of minutia concerning wardrobe and sex, Ellis writes a damn interesting story. The paragraphs of Prada, Snapple and threesomes serve as dirt covering a good mystery that is never fully explained and reaches depths that the Prada, Snapple and threesomes lead the reader into thinking could not be reached.   hide

This book has a real humor to it and Ellis, as always, communicates existential terror better than anyone.

Let's just say it was 'earth shattering'