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In depth

Three files, and everything else.

The long-form pieces, then a full index of the archive.

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The book that could not be published.

November 1990 to April 2000: a chronology of the cancellation, the boycott and the reversal.

Open 02

Hailed, then buried, then read again.

Landmark reviews from 1985 to 2023, each with its critic, its outlet and its date.

Open 03

Ellis in French.

The nine books in French: first edition, translator, year, and the first paperback.

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Index

Everything in the archive.

Twelve pages, eighty-seven entries, each one now addressable by its own link.

  • Home Hero, four reading axes, ways in, three quoted lines.
  • Life Life in five sections: the Valley, Bennington, the cancelled book, the sentence, the podcast.
  • Chronology 1964 to today, twenty-five milestones in seven periods.
  • Books The nine books, filterable, with their French titles, cross-links, and the index of seven recurring characters.
  • Screen Seven films, two series and the podcast, from 1987 to the FX series of 2026.
  • Video Nine verified videos: interviews, craft, his own podcast, one television archive.
  • The American Psycho affair The cancellation of November 1990 to the reversal of 2000, ten sourced milestones.
  • Critical reception Eight landmark reviews, from Kakutani in 1985 to Broder in 2023.
  • French editions The nine French editions, verified against the BnF catalogue.
  • Sources Publishers, institutions, the author's platforms, and the editorial rules followed here.
  • Contact Project note, corrections, rights.