Story Title: The Informers, short story collection
Date of Publication: 1994
Edition: First Edition (UK hardcover with dust jacket)
Publisher: Picador (Pan Macmillan)
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Cover Price: £9.99
ISBN: 9780330326711
Writers: Bret Easton Ellis
Characters: Various unnamed or loosely connected narrators in 1980s Los Angeles, including celebrities, drug dealers, studio executives, vampires, and disaffected youth, with overlapping stories involving characters such as the unnamed hotel-dwelling narrator, Tim, and others in the Ellis universe
First Appearances: N/A (this is the first collected edition of these interconnected short stories; some stories appeared earlier in magazines)
Key Facts: This is Bret Easton Ellis’s third book, a collection of loosely interconnected short stories set in the decadent, morally vacant world of 1980s Los Angeles. The stories explore themes of alienation, consumerism, celebrity culture, drugs, sex, and existential emptiness through Ellis’s signature detached, minimalist prose. Many stories feature recurring motifs and characters that link to his other works (Less Than Zero, American Psycho). The UK Picador first edition hardcover with dust jacket is sought after by collectors of contemporary American literature. Some stories were later adapted into the 2008 film The Informers.
Page Count: 240 pages
Condition: Very good/excellent blue cloth hardcover in a very good dust jacket, minor mark on page edge. Please refer to photos for condition
