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one of my fav writers. LA guy, writes a lot of stories set in and around entertainment industry stuff and LA in general. been around since the 90s. he’s insanely funny and witty, practically every other sentence involves tangential word play and in-jokes. the inner dialogue of the characters flow in such a natural way, and in the books that involve multiple perspectives it’s mind blowing how he gets so deep in the psyche of vastly different characters. another aspect of his writing i love is how brutal he is to his characters. whether you like or dislike the character he’s ruthless and they often have a wild ride throughout the book. theres a special energy and mysticism that lurks in the backdrop of his books. he’s got a great balance between slapstick and full on morbid melodrama. he’s also written so killer movies like cronenberg’s “maps to the stars” and craven’s “nightmare on elm street 3: dream warriors”
so yeah read his stuff
Nov 22, 2023
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Much like Bret Easton Ellis, Bruce Wagner has an insidious gift in capturing the life and antics of the people that run around Hollywood. If you’ve seen David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars he wrote that script and it’s kinda based on a culmination of all the themes and ideas from his previous works. Personally I’d recommend Force Majure and Dead Stars to start. Funny and harrowing as hell all his work makes for an engrossing read.
Dec 29, 2023
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LA getting you down? because its Too Boring? Escape into this provocative - bordering-smut novel
that takes place in more exciting, drug fueled times. It’s called ’The Shards’ and I read it earlier this summer and could not put it down. Like most of Ellis’ writing, it’s got well dressed preppy hot people and cocaine and serial killers. After reading ’The Shards’, I’ve been very visually inspired by 1980s LA 🎥🎥🎥
Dec 16, 2023
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abstract. insane. gay. straight. murderer. he has it all lowk top tier writing even though it’s hard to follow at times. start with junky, i think it might be his most lucid, explore from there. also look into his life quite the figure
Jul 5, 2024
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promotes positivity
pro tip, dreams don’t always make sense - so when weird/bad stuff happens, you can shrug it off and be like wow what a weird dream bro 🤷
Feb 6, 2024
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been extra conscious of it this week and have been feeling better than ever. be nice to your brain and your body
Apr 4, 2025