Akash Chandan Chandan itibaren Беляі, Беларусь
This was Ellis' first book, published when he was still in college. It's a fictional (or is it?) account of the L.A. young adult scene in the 80's. Our protaganist is home from his East Coast school for the holiday, and is immediately immersed back into his old life, although he now operates at a level of seperation. Full of sex, drugs, violence and of course, complete apathy, we watch the main character's world swirl down in the same way he does: there but not involved. And while it's depressing, the reader gets the feeling that this is way it's always been, and this is the way it's always going to be.