Glamorama
- 496
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Glamorama” is Bret Easton Ellis’s sprawling satire of 1990s celebrity and consumer culture, narrated by the male model Victor Ward. Some readers relish the endless lists of famous names, the deadpan humour and the disorienting turns, even when much is left unexplained; others find the long first third, spent on opening a club, hard going, and the narrator’s constant confusion wearing.
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About the book
Glamorama is a 1998 novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis. Glamorama is set in, and satirizes, the 1990s, specifically celebrity culture and consumerism. Time describes the novel as "a screed against models and celebrity".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.7 across 64 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 30% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 64 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Glamorama?
It has 496 pages — longer than 74% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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