Imperial Bedrooms, by Bret Easton Ellis

Ferocious and ghastly sequel to Ellis' landmark 80's novel Less Than Zero. Revisiting Clay, Blair, Trent, Julian and Rip is even more devastating than you'd think- this was a hard book to read. I'm not sure if it would have the same impact if I had't read and known those characters so well all along, but this was like being ripped apart- an Ellis specialty, for that matter. Ugh- and amazingly good.