Source Of New Novel Rumors
I've been getting a bit of email, and there has been a good bit of chatter on the net in general about Bret Easton Ellis' next novel. There has been nothing official announced, and really no projects have been discussed in specifics.That said, there are rumors of a project - something autobiographical. Near as I can tell, that rumor is derived from a sentence in a 1999 BookPage interview with Ellis shortly after he had written Glamorama. Here's the passage in question:
A novel set in Washington and "tangentially related to politics" is in the planning stages, but it is a memoir addressing his late adolescence and the (sort of) halcyon days at Bennington that seems to most interest him right now.So there's the source. It could be a memoir type project, or it could be a political novel set in Washington. The reality is that it'll probably be something entirely different - afterall, those 2 projects were what interested BEE over 4 years ago, so don't hold your breath.
Speaking of new novels - Douglas Coupland's latest book was released this week. Its entitled Hey Nostradamus!, and looks to be full of classic Coupland goodness. If you've never read a Coupland novel, you are definately missing out - All Families Are Psychotic would be a good place to start. He's definately a quirky storyteller.
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