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2 unusual facts about Bret Easton Ellis


Andrea Bempensante

In 2001 he wrote the movie A Farewell to Beat, in which Fernanda Pivano, the most famous Italian translator and critic, meets the greatest living American writers like Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Barry Gifford and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to narrate the amazing adventure of the Beat Generation.

Book Soup

When the National Organization for Women (NOW) strongly criticized Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel, American Psycho, for glamorizing and condoning rape, Book Soup put fliers into its copies of the novel, blasting NOW for drawing attention to the book and disclaiming any approval of the novel's content.


Cliff Dorfman

He also worked as a Hollywood club promoter, appearing in the documentary film Hollywood: Wild in the Streets and in Bret Easton Ellis' 1999 novel Glamorama, in which Dorfman is named as a friend of actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Guinevere Turner

Turner and I Shot Andy Warhol director Mary Harron wrote a screenplay, which ended up being selected for the film version of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho.

Never Mind Nirvana

"One of the many pleasures of Never Mind Nirvana is in its rightness of local details.... Lindquist's penchant for the truth pays off, for his novel gives us a Seattle we can recognize." (Claire Dederer, Seattle Times) Blurbs on the book were written by Peter Buck of R.E.M., filmmaker Peter Farrelly, and authors Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz.

Vroman's Bookstore

Vroman's has hosted many author readings, including celebrities like Goldie Hawn, Margaret Cho, Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter, Courtney Love, Salman Rushdie, Anne Rice, Joan Didion, Nick Hornby, Bret Easton Ellis, Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris, Chuck Palahniuk, and President Bill Clinton.


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