Alex Preston

A bleak vision of adolescence: The Shards, by Bret Easton Ellis, reviewed

A group of privileged teenagers at Buckley School, Los Angeles medicate themselves on champagne, cocaine and mindless sex – until something awful happens

Bret Easton Ellis. [Getty Images] 
issue 28 January 2023
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  • The Shards

    Bret Easton Ellis

    Swift Press, pp. 608, £25

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