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Glamorama
Sign in to saveGlamorama is a 1998 novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis. Glamorama is set in, and satirizes, the 1990s, specifically celebrity culture and consumerism. Time describes the novel as "a screed against models and celebrity".
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- Author
- Bret Easton Ellis
- First published
- 1998
- Editions
- 33
- Subjects
- Fiction, thrillers, general, Paris (france), fiction, France, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Terroristische Vereinigung, Dressman, High-Society, Lebensstil
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Genre
- comic novel
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Narrative location
- New York City
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- publication date
- 1998-12-29
- cover art by
- Chip Kidd
- characters
- Patrick Bateman
- language of work or name
- American English
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Development
- Plot summary
- Literary devices, plot, and themes
- Characters
- Adaptations
- ''Zoolander'' controversy
- Reception
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Glamorama is a 1998 novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis. Glamorama is set in, and satirizes, the 1990s, specifically celebrity culture and consumerism. Time describes the novel as "a screed against models and celebrity".
==Development== Ellis wanted to write a Stephen King-style ghost story novel, which would eventually become Lunar Park; finding it difficult at the time, he began work on the other novel which he had in mind. This was a Robert Ludlum-style thriller, with the intention of using one of his own vapid characters who lack insight as the narrator.
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