Apart from American Psycho it has aspects of Ellis' earlier
stuff, like Less than Zero and Law of Attraction, which
focused largely on the sexual misadventures of amoral young
people. There's plenty of that in The Follower, too. Starr's
stuff is more believable, though. Some of the stuff with Andy
and his roommates made me cringe because I've seen that sort
of behavior up close and personal. Starr has a real eye for
characterization.
On 5/17/07, Kerry J. Schooley <
gsp.schoo@murderoutthere.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, I thought about the American Psycho angle too,
though the key
> question there was the difference between fantasy
and reality- was
> the protagonist merely imagining performing violent
acts, or was he
> carrying them out. In The Follower I don't think
there's any question
> the antagonist is a committing the acts. The
question is more one
> about determining what constitutes appropriate,
possibly even moral
> behavior in an environment where a central
authorative voice is in
> decline (and may never have been as definitive as
claimed.) When and
> where are lines crossed when the lines are
blurred.
>
> Best,
> Kerry
>
>
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