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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador USA; Main Market edition (January 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 033053632X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330536325
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.67 x 7.76 inches

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Bret Easton Ellis is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories; his work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Alarick

Better coming from The Shards & Less Than Zero (7.4/10)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2023

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Madam Bovary treatment of separated mother is amusing.
Vampire story is exceptional, supplementary one less so but more comical & disturbing.
Rock Star is believably perverse, artificial 'industry plant' and his handlers.
Epistolary one of unanswered love letters of a college girl getting lost in hedonism, but still clinging to the pipe dream of reciprocation is tragic, horrifying, or poignant depending on your perspective.
Father & Son trip to Hawaii capture a certain archetypal pathetic single parent Baby Boomer dynamic masterfully.

The rest dealing with these character clusters are fine but immemorable. At its best THE INFORMERS has the feel of taking place in the margins of Wild Palms, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Neon Demon. 7.4/10

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Natalie Knox

Different, but excellent!

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I love Bret Easton Ellis and have read everything he's written, and The Informers did not disappoint. It does vary somewhat from the typical style of his books in that it is a collection of short stories, rather than a novel. However, it does have many unifying themes, as well as recurring characters and settings (in typical Ellis style). While it isn't my favorite book of his, it is definitely worth reading. It's dark, incredibly gripping, and both hilarious and frightening at the same time.

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Ellis isn't the best short story writer.

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This complilation has some good and some bad stories but unfortunately I can't really recommend this book and myabe it's because I am not a huge fan of short story complations. There are some characters that appear througout and some continuity but most of these stories are the same versions of each other in one form or another. Ellis' has that ability to replicate that sunshine maliase of Los Angeles known only to its inhabitants and this makes it interesting for So Cal readers like myself as is also the case with Less Than Zero. Ellis needs more than a few pages to set up his characters and that is part of the problem of Informers.
Bottom Line: fans of Ellis should check it out, curious readers should start at the beginnin with Less Than Zero. Reading Ellis' books in order is actually really important for two reasons. First, Less Than Zero is the easiest read of them all and it introduces you to his style in a gradual manner. Second, Ellis uses the amusing literary trick of characters popping up here and there in other novels and you will recognize the most of these by reading his books in chronilogical order.

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Far Superior To The Movie

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which captured only the most superficial moral of what Ellis was trying to convey. There are a lot of tiny flashbacks which would have been difficult to film. However, the older roles should not have been expanded in the film because Ellis carefully tears them down or makes them smaller here. It's the details of the rich young druggies which add up to uncompromisingly empty and pointless lives in a daring truthful way.

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depressing

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I get so depressed reading BEE's books, but i always come back for more. There is a little bit of each character in all of us.

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Quick read. Took me a while to tell the difference between the characters because the voice wasn't too distinct, but after about thirty pages it got easier to follow.

The bits of story going on throughout is very interesting.

One of the last little "Stories" in this book blew my mind. Very Bret Easton Ellis. Which I was glad about.
I'd recommend this book for someone who is a fan of Ellis, and or dark '80s humor.

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Great Service

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Thanks for prompt service! Book arrived exactly as advertised!

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I kind of had more expectations for this book after seeing the movie, which was a flop. As you know the book is almost always better than the movie. It's well written and definitely interesting, but the story line is, well, absent, I think it's just different groups of people that happen to have linked lives. I wouldn't read it a second time.

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Jack Varley

Nihilistically Enthralling

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Reminiscent of 'Less than Zero' but more difficult to follow and much more morbid. In that book we got a glimpse into some of the more horrific crimes going on in the area, but here we get them spelled out to us explicitly. No punches are pulled and there's a particular scene with the abduction and torture of a child that really disturbed me far more than any true crime book I've ever read. It's a tour-de-force of all the absolute worst things you could ever conceive (and even some you couldn't) that one human being might do to another. I would consider this only second to 'American Psycho' when it comes to ranking Ellis' books by their disturbing content.

The stories are all interconnected, though it is difficult often to decipher in what way. In the same way that characters in 'American Psycho' frequently mistook each other for shared acquaintances, friend and family connections tend to mean little to characters in 'The Informers' - at least not in any positive way! I mean this in the best way possible but this is extremely grim reading. In a lot of Ellis novels there's an element of mystery in what's happening in the background, but that mystery is brought to the forefront in at least some of the stories here. Vampires are a common theme - or are they? Real vampires or just crazy people who think they're vampires? What's going on?!

I've tried to think of a book to compare it to and the best I can do is that it's like 'Middlemarch' meets 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'. Ellis is really on form with this one, and you are certainly left feeling like you need a cold shower after reading. Previous books of Ellis' have caused me to feel sympathy for his characters whereas 'The Informers' caused me to feel pity at best and revulsion at worst. Readers of Ellis' earlier works will be on familiar territory here. There's an abundance of sex, violence and drugs for no reason in particular - with each character muddling their own way through this hedonistic Hell-scape. I would recommend - just not in polite company!

Alex Butterworth

... out of 7 so far) and this did not disappoint. Some familiar names and places pop up

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 24, 2016

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I'm a big fan of all the BEE books I've read (5 out of 7 so far) and this did not disappoint. Some familiar names and places pop up.

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D. Johnathan

Unimpressed

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 27, 2019

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I discovered this guy because of American Psycho. Never really liked any of his other books because they are very repetitive/similar with vain, disconnected superficial characters.

Katrina Meades

Five Stars

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