Advice For Bret Easton Ellis
The NY Times has an essay up today called Name That Book wherein they present some trivia and let you guess the answers multiple choice style. Question 6 deals with Less Than Zero.
Bret Easton Ellis's mentor, Joe McGinniss, had two pieces of advice after reading the manuscript of Less Than Zero. One was that Ellis should not use his middle name ("You'll sound like such a twit"). The other was, "And you should call your book..."a. "Home for the Holidays"
b. "Winter Vacation"
c. "Season's Greetings"
d. "Kids Today: Who Can Figure Them?"
The answer is in the extended entry after the jump
Answer:
b. "Winter Vacation"
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Comments: 4
Previous Comments
[1] On Nov-27-2006, barbarian wrote:What awful suggestions!
[2] On Nov-27-2006, Anonymous wrote:
Only one -- Winter Vacation -- was suggested. The rest are made up by the Times...
Winter Vacation isn't so bad. Better than Minus Numbers.
[3] On Dec-20-2006, Anderson Evans wrote:
Winter Vacation is pretty awful. I work at a Books-A-Million, and I'm pretty sure there is a book for teens by the Christian Baldwin brother called "Winter Vacation." It's all about finding Christ and staying abstinent. There is also a Nora Roberts novel called "Winter Vacation," but then again, there are Nora Roberts novels called "More than One," and "This Years Model," so what are you gonna do?
[4] On Jan-03-2007, Joop wrote:
They are all made up. McGinniss never suggested "Winter Vacation"