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The Informers (Paperback)

by Bret Easton Ellis (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 225 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books (Aug 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679743243
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679743248
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best work - but have a look, anyway., 10 May 2002
This review is from: The Informers (Hardcover)
Apparently this was writen before American Psycho but was held back because it wasn't thought of too highly by the publishers. After the overwhelming success of 'AP' this was given the go ahead some years later, the publishers certain that those who lapped-up his previous work would buy this without a second thought.
It makes me wonder: if this was his debut, what would we be saying about this author?

The Informers is a collection of short stories loosely held together by one or two characters who flit in and out of a few, and includes narratives from fading rock-stars, vampires, drug abusers, and characters in the mould of 'Clay' from Less Than Zero - angst-ridden, self destructing teens.
It is sometimes hard to follow and difficult to make the connections between the many characters, but often Ellis sucks you in and spits you out with a ball of low-life going-ons and and the care-free abuse of under-age girls - by Vampires, no less. Yes, like his other work, sometimes it is a little hard to stomach.

All in all I'd rank this in last place of all his 5 works, but the rest are of such high quality that this is no fair reflection on this dark, humerous and sometimes-grotesque read.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Novel Stories, 24 Feb 2001
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This review is from: The Informers (Hardcover)
An interesting point that has arisen in previous reviews is that some people treat "The Informers" as a novel and others as a series of stories. I know how they both feel.

I first read it in paperback, where there is no indication whatever that this is not a novel. I tried to keep track of the different narrators and different characters until my brain hurt (this wasn't helped by the fact that all the male characters are 20 years old, blond with green eyes and adonis-like bodies - just how Ellis likes 'em, I guess - and all the women are middle-aged, wasted and strung out on tranquillisers.)

I loved it anyway for what the blurb calls its "impressionistic blur" of narrative. That's another way of saying it makes your brain hurt if you try to keep track of them individually.

Then I picked up a hardback copy in a second-hand bookshop and it made it quite clear that this was a collection of stories. I breathed a sigh of relief, but as someone who is never happier than when he feels there's something in a book he's not quite getting, "The Informers" felt slightly diminished as a result.

Read it anyway. It's cool, mature, bleak, hilarious Ellis.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ellis' finest work. A masterpiece of satire and menace., 13 Sep 1999
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What annoys me about criticism of 'The Informers' is that because it is not a novel it is maligned and seen as inferior to the weak and immature 'Less than Zero' and the dull deadening 'Rules of Attraction'. I would agree with many that it lacks balance and moments are sublime (The wife who forgets her children's names and hangs up on her mother dying of cancer because she is bored.) but in patches it sinks as low as 'RoA' (The vampire's high-tech coffin is just silly.). However, I enjoyed 'The Informers' more than 'Glamorama'. It is a superb work demonstrating the ills of a consumer culture of mass media, docusoaps and Jerry Springer. It is superb... but do not read it if you are even feeling only slightly depressed!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written if a bit bleak
If you like Bret Easton Ellis you'll probably like this. These are short stories though it does read a bit like a novel at first - clever the way the stories are linked so subtly... Read more
Published 4 days ago by noc

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for those who can't sit down and read.
At times in our lives we need to sit down and read a short chunk of prose that makes us feel as though we as individuals are not as bad as we could be, yet remind us that as a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Staniford

5.0 out of 5 stars Sex and death of the soul in L.A.
I have to admit, when I first read this collection of short stories, having read a fair amount of Ellis other work, I thought 'Oh, here we go again, same old boring self obsessed... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Dead Celeb

4.0 out of 5 stars A SUPERBLY PENNED VIEW OF THE DARK SIDE
When a cast of vacuous, narcissistic, bronzed Californians indulges in whatever brings them pleasure, Bret Easton Ellis is at his sardonic, cynical best. Read more
Published on 2 May 2005 by Gail Cooke

4.0 out of 5 stars unconnected excellence
Ellis wanders all over the place with short novel and I was pleased I followed him. Like most of his other books this will make you laugh, cry, smile and cough! Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2000 by marty.mcfly@btinternet.com

3.0 out of 5 stars Not exceptional
The Informers contains no real surprises really. Ellis stands true to his usual themes of immorality, depravity and essentially taking life down to it's lowest denonimator. Read more
Published on 16 May 2000 by jules.is@popstar.com

3.0 out of 5 stars typical of Ellis?
It would seem to me that people who read Ellis' work fall into two distinct faction. Those who love it. And those who hate it. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars rubbish
Having liked the rest of Ellis' work I was deeply disappointed with The Informers. Unconnected nonsense.
Published on 20 Oct 1999

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