# Bret Easton Ellis’s 'The Shards' Pushes the Evil ![rw-book-cover](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/bret-easton-ellis-the-shards-review-1673263041.png?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=1200:*) ## Metadata - Author: [[Alex Bilmes]] - Full Title: Bret Easton Ellis’s 'The Shards' Pushes the Evil - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Bret Easton Ellis's novel 'The Shards' explores the dark and glamorous world of a writer in LA. The book combines elements of thriller, nostalgia, and social satire. Ellis's writing style is provocative and unapologetic, challenging readers to confront uncomfortable truths. - URL: https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/books/a42429907/bret-easton-ellis-the-shards-review/ ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > A novel is “a dream that asks itself to be written”. (Are dreams real?) A novelist’s duty is not to record what happened, but to conjure what it felt like. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j2rb8kn5wbfphbcyed2ykea0))