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Violence
Very heavy
Extreme graphic violence in the novel's second half; terrorist bombings, torture, and murders described in detail
Language
A lot
Pervasive strong language throughout
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit sexual content woven into the satirical portrait of fashion culture
Substance Use
A lot
Drug use throughout; the fashion world setting is saturated with cocaine and other substances
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Reality and fiction blur in ways that are psychologically destabilizing; the violence is designed to shock and disturb
What this book is about
Bret Easton Ellis's 1998 novel follows Victor Ward, a dim and beautiful model navigating New York fashion circles, who finds himself drawn into a terrorist network operating through the European fashion world. The novel begins as satire and descends into graphic violence as the celebrity-and-terror worlds converge. Ellis uses graphic violence, explicit sex, and celebrity namedropping to indict a culture that makes models into terrorists and terrorists into celebrities. Extremely disturbing in its second half. For readers who appreciated American Psycho's satirical intent.
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Extreme graphic violence including bombings and murder
Explicit drug use
Explicit sexual content
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