2,103 words
Bret Easton Ellis
White
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019
When you see Bret Easton Ellis emerge as a Generation X elder, you know you’ve moved pretty far along the abattoir ramp. Technically he’s not Gen X at all, as he was born in 1964, but Simon & Schuster brought out his first novel (Less Than Zero) when he was still an undergraduate at Bennington, and Ellis’ precocity was part of the sales pitch. Read more …
The Second Time as Farce:
The Remarkable Return of Richard Spencer
“We will ritualistically humiliate them!”
2,444 words
Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste[1]
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