Ellis Quoted In Article About Chip Kidd

Like me before reading this article, you likely don't know who Chip Kidd is though you've seen plenty of his work. Kidd is hailed as the world's greatest book-jacket designer, who has also turned himself into an author in his own right with The Cheese Monkeys, which includes a blurb from Bret Easton Ellis on the jacket sleeve (not in the US edition).

Not only has Chip Kidd altered the face of publishing with his revolutionary book jackets, he has also written a really good debut novel [the bastard]. - Bret Easton Ellis

Ellis is also mentioned in an article in 'The Age' about Australia's censorship laws. I never realized that Australia had such strict laws, but apparently American Psycho was classified as a Category 1 publication - requiring it to be sealed in plastic, restricted to those 18 and over, and was banned outright in Queensland.

September 21, 2003
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I remember buying American Psycho in its sealed form in a Adult Book store, that also sells pornographic material. After reading the book, I pissed myself laughing and thought that its where it should be sold. I thought it was funny. Love Ellis!

This is also the case in New Zealand in theory, but it is completely ignored in practise (you would be hard-pressed to track down a sealed copy with the R18 sticker). I would also be amused to see what would happen if you reported an unsealed copy to the police, so the Australian laws should probably be taken with a pinch of salt.