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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Weeknd
gptkb:Robert_Downey_Jr.
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:television_series
gptkb:film
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Bret_Easton_Ellis
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Julian
gptkb:Daniel
gptkb:Troy
gptkb:Lydia
gptkb:Gretchen
gptkb:Brett
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gptkbp:character_development
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static characters
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:moral_ambiguity
internal conflict
external conflict
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influential in 1980s literature
depiction of 1980s youth culture
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gptkbp:depicts
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youth culture
disconnection
drug use
sexual promiscuity
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Gregg_Araki
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:nihilism
alienation
materialism
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:Robert_Downey_Jr.
gptkb:Jami_Gertz
gptkb:Andrew_Mc_Carthy
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:The_Rules_of_Attraction
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:comic_book
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Less Than Zero
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gptkbp:influence
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Generation X literature
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent authors
music of the 1980s
fashion of the 1980s
film of the 1980s
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:postmodernism
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gptkbp:is_motivated_by
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disillusionment
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0679732890
978-0679731893
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:literary_devices
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irony
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gptkbp:main_character
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Clay
college student
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gptkbp:motif
|
decadence
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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minimalist
first-person
third-person
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gptkbp:narrative_theme
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gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:loss
gptkb:nihilism
gptkb:Community_Center
gptkb:organization
alienation
substance abuse
disillusionment
materialism
excess
disconnection from reality
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" I am a child of the 80s."
" I don’t want to be a part of this world."
" It’s all about the money."
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gptkbp:page_count
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208
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:1985
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Simon_&_Schuster
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:1987
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:1980s
gptkb:Los_Angeles
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gptkbp:style
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minimalist
fragmented narrative
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the nightclub scene
Los Angeles as a character
the car culture
the empty pool
empty swimming pools
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gptkbp:theme
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disconnection
moral vacuity
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