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Lotus-Eaters and Literati

By Brett Sokol

Miami New Times | October 3, 2005

Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has skewered the demimonde of Los Angeles and New York City. Why couldn't he do the same for South Beach, Florida?

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Tags: Bret Easton Ellis, Beach novelist Brian Antoni, Lunar Park, wealthy

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