The Bret Easton Ellis novels are centered around rich, narcissistic characters who don't care about their lives or the people around them. They primarily explore the actions they take to try to fill the void.
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The novel follows the life of Clay, a rich young college student who has returned to his hometown of Los Angeles, California for winter break circa 1984. Through first-person narration, Clay describes his progressive alienation from the culture around him, loss of faith in his friends, and his meditations on events in his recent past. (From Wikipedia)
Three college kids have their romantic lives tangled in one another. Lauren Hynde misses Victor, Paul Denton can't be with Mitchell, and Sean Bateman just wants some money from his brother.
26-year-old Patrick Bateman's already fractured life breaks down increasingly after a coworker disappears.
The Informers is a collection of short stories, linked by the same continuity. (From Wikipedia)
Glamorama follows Victor Ward, beginning a day before the club he's helping run opens its doors. Victor struggles to balance his affair, the club opening, and his other undertakings. Amidst this action, a mysterious offer to find a missing girl is made known to him...
Lunar Park is a mock memoir. As the novel progresses, the haunting of Ellis's house and questions over the death of his father become increasingly prominent. (From Wikipedia)
The action of the novel takes place twenty-five years after Less than Zero. Its story follows Clay, a New York-based screenwriter, after he returns to Los Angeles to cast his new film. (From Wikipedia)
Bret, the narrator, relates the story of the events of his senior year of high school in 1981, of he and his close circle of friends' acquaintance with new student Robert Mallory and the tragedy that followed. (From Wikipedia)