Glamorama
The centre of the world: 1990s Manhattan. Victor Ward, a model with perfect abs and all the right friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he hasn't been and with people he doesn't know. On the eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York history, he's living with one...
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The centre of the world: 1990s Manhattan. Victor Ward, a model with perfect abs and all the right friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he hasn't been and with people he doesn't know. On the eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York history, he's living with one beautiful model and having an affair with another. Now it's time to move to the next stage. But the future he gets is not the one he had in mind. 'A master stylist with hideously interesting new-fangled manners and the heart of an old-fashioned moralist' Observer 'Gets under the skin of our celebrity culture in a way that is both illuminating and frightening' Daily Telegraph 'Does for the cold, minimal '90s what American Psycho did for the Wall Street greed of the '80s. You name it, he manages to get it all in' Vogue 'Brilliant ...He is fast becoming a writer of real American genius' GQ
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330536318 (0330536311)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: Picador Usa
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Modern,
Horror,
Cult Classics
It's been over ten years since I read this book.Apart from name-dropping galore, I suppose it was a quick read and rather engaging. But there are more important books around.
I've heard people complain about how difficult it is to read 'Vanity Fair' with its numerous references to the culture and politics of the early 19th century, but Thackeray has nothing on Ellis. 'Glamorama' threatens to be impenetrable in five years.The book is saturated with the names of the famous...