The Informers Paperback – August 1, 1995

which captured only the most superficial moral of what Ellis was trying to convey. There are a lot of tiny flashbacks which would have been difficult to film. However, the older roles should not have been expanded in the film because Ellis carefully tears them down or makes them smaller here. It's the details of the rich young druggies which add up to uncompromisingly empty and pointless lives in a daring truthful way.

Madam Bovary treatment of separated mother is amusing.Vampire story is exceptional, supplementary one less so but more comical & disturbing.Rock Star is believably perverse, artificial 'industry plant' and his handlers.Epistolary one of unanswered love letters of a college girl getting lost in hedonism, but still clinging to the pipe dream of reciprocation is tragic, horrifying, or poignant depending on your perspective.Father & Son trip to Hawaii capture a certain archetypal pathetic single parent Baby Boomer dynamic masterfully.The rest dealing with these character clusters are fine but immemorable. At its best THE INFORMERS has the feel of taking place in the margins of Wild Palms, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Neon Demon. 7.4/10

This complilation has some good and some bad stories but unfortunately I can't really recommend this book and myabe it's because I am not a huge fan of short story complations. There are some characters that appear througout and some continuity but most of these stories are the same versions of each other in one form or another. Ellis' has that ability to replicate that sunshine maliase of Los Angeles known only to its inhabitants and this makes it interesting for So Cal readers like myself as is also the case with Less Than Zero. Ellis needs more than a few pages to set up his characters and that is part of the problem of Informers.Bottom Line: fans of Ellis should check it out, curious readers should start at the beginnin with Less Than Zero. Reading Ellis' books in order is actually really important for two reasons. First, Less Than Zero is the easiest read of them all and it introduces you to his style in a gradual manner. Second, Ellis uses the amusing literary trick of characters popping up here and there in other novels and you will recognize the most of these by reading his books in chronilogical order.

Ellis is amazing as usual.

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This is the most I've ever been disappointed after reading a novel. Ellis is a great writer, but this collection of stories is terrible. I think I remember reading somewhere that he wrote this in high school; which is pretty impressive, but it's lacking in entertainment value and nothing seems to happen in any of the stories. These are good character sketches as another reviewer has mentioned and could probably be turned into interesting novels if Ellis chose to build on them, but he doesn't and they get boring halfway through. If you're a hardcore Ellis fan you might want to pick this up for the sake of having a complete collection, otherwise you should skip this.

I love Bret Easton Ellis and have read everything he's written, and The Informers did not disappoint. It does vary somewhat from the typical style of his books in that it is a collection of short stories, rather than a novel. However, it does have many unifying themes, as well as recurring characters and settings (in typical Ellis style). While it isn't my favorite book of his, it is definitely worth reading. It's dark, incredibly gripping, and both hilarious and frightening at the same time.

Basically came overnight. Book looks like it was carried around and enjoyed. Fit right in with the others. Thanks so much.

Early Ellis. Recommended.

I'm a big fan of all the BEE books I've read (5 out of 7 so far) and this did not disappoint. Some familiar names and places pop up.

Reminiscent of 'Less than Zero' but more difficult to follow and much more morbid. In that book we got a glimpse into some of the more horrific crimes going on in the area, but here we get them spelled out to us explicitly. No punches are pulled and there's a particular scene with the abduction and torture of a child that really disturbed me far more than any true crime book I've ever read. It's a tour-de-force of all the absolute worst things you could ever conceive (and even some you couldn't) that one human being might do to another. I would consider this only second to 'American Psycho' when it comes to ranking Ellis' books by their disturbing content.The stories are all interconnected, though it is difficult often to decipher in what way. In the same way that characters in 'American Psycho' frequently mistook each other for shared acquaintances, friend and family connections tend to mean little to characters in 'The Informers' - at least not in any positive way! I mean this in the best way possible but this is extremely grim reading. In a lot of Ellis novels there's an element of mystery in what's happening in the background, but that mystery is brought to the forefront in at least some of the stories here. Vampires are a common theme - or are they? Real vampires or just crazy people who think they're vampires? What's going on?!I've tried to think of a book to compare it to and the best I can do is that it's like 'Middlemarch' meets 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'. Ellis is really on form with this one, and you are certainly left feeling like you need a cold shower after reading. Previous books of Ellis' have caused me to feel sympathy for his characters whereas 'The Informers' caused me to feel pity at best and revulsion at worst. Readers of Ellis' earlier works will be on familiar territory here. There's an abundance of sex, violence and drugs for no reason in particular - with each character muddling their own way through this hedonistic Hell-scape. I would recommend - just not in polite company!

I discovered this guy because of American Psycho. Never really liked any of his other books because they are very repetitive/similar with vain, disconnected superficial characters.

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