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Radio 4,12 Feb 2023,28 mins

Bret Easton Ellis

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The author American Psycho talks to Chris Power about his first novel in 13 years, The Shards. The controversial giant of American literature discusses the difficulties of growing up gay in 1980s Los Angeles, the parallels between murders and writers, and his love of George Eliot. Book List – Sunday 12 February and Thursday 16 February The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis Carrie by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Salem’s Lot by Stephen King In Our Time by Ernest Hemmingway The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

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