It’s the 1980s and rich prep school students in Los Angeles are living the life of absentee parents, fancy cars, drugs, sex and disaffection. That’s the plot of Ellis’ breakout 1985 hit “Less Than Zero,” published when he was 21, as well as “The Shards,” Ellis’ propulsive and twisty new novel, his first in almost 13 years.
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