like a movie", and another notes that Ellis' writing "can be sharp", and succeeds in creating a "creepy sense of dread about our culture". On its influence, Time felt that the novel's "contribution" to the world comes in Victor's catchphrase, which they describe as Tom Wolfean. In an otherwise damning review, the New York Times commented "[Ellis] has an uncannily keen eye for the tiny details of the lives of the abel-obsessed yuppies and would-be celebs he's sending up". A CNN reviewer felt, upon reading the book, that "Bret Easton Ellis is a gifted writer"; he praised his "unflinching eye" in capturing the details of "the ensemble worn by a notorious clothes horse, or the grisly aftermath of a hotel bombing, or the graphic details of a menage a trois ." The world Ellis evokes, through the eyes of the male model, Harvard Crimson notes is one "where no one has any emotions beyond the visceral response, where all the sex scenes are described in purely pornographic terms." A.J. Jacobs of Entertainment Weekly did not enjoy the book's more "meta" conceits, and gives the novel a 'C'. Daniel Mendelsohn of the New York Times opines derisively that "Like its predecessors, Glamorama is meant to be a withering report on the soul-destroying emptiness of late-century American consumer culture, chichi downtown division; but the only lesson you're likely to take away from it is the even more depressing classic American morality tale about how premature stardom is more of a curse than a blessing for young writers." The CNN reviewer concludes that "in the end, Glamorama is less than the sum of its parts". Ellis himself has claimed that, as of 2018, the novel has failed to break even for its US publisher, Knopf. Notes Further reading Mandel, Naomi ed. (2010) Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park, Continuum, . External links Book review from The Observer Glamorama Vanitas: Bret Easton Ellis's Postmodern Allegory from Postmodern Culture 1998 American novels Novels by Bret Easton Ellis American satirical novels Alfred A. Knopf books Novels about consumerism Novels about drugs Novels with gay themes Bisexuality-related fiction American LGBT novels Fiction about fashion Novels about mental health Postmodern novels Novels about terrorism Novels set in Paris Novels set in London Novels set in the United States Novels about music Books with cover art by Chip Kidd 1990s LGBT novels Novels with bisexual themes Male