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The Shards is a 2023 autofiction/horror novel by American author Bret Easton Ellis, published on January 17, 2023, by Alfred A. Knopf. Ellis's first novel in 13 years, The Shards is a fictionalized memoir of Ellis's final year of high school in 1981 in Los Angeles.
Jan 17, 2023 · The Shards is a thriller about a serial killer, a new student, and a teenage narrator in 1981 Los Angeles. Read ratings, reviews, and book details on Goodreads, a platform for book lovers.
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Jan 17, 2023 · The author of 'American Psycho' returns with a semi-autobiographical story of a serial killer in 1981 LA. He reveals how he uses horror to express his anxiety and confusion in his life.
Jan 14, 2023 · In his latest novel, “The Shards,” the author returns to his old tropes: gruesome murder, lonely teenagers and 1980s Los Angeles.
The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret’s life at seventeen—sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage.
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Feb 2, 2023 · The Shards, published last month by Alfred A. Knopf, is a surprisingly affecting book in which a 56-year-old world-famous novelist named Bret Ellis recalls his senior year at LA’s exclusive...
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Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre- Less Than Zero L.A., The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret’s life at seventeen—sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage.
