Saturday, March 24, 2007

Top books on the 1980s

Chris Power, who reviews fiction for the Times (U.K.), named his six top books on the 1980s.

At the top of the list:

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

Easton Ellis proposes a brutal ethics of consumption wherein murder, an Armani suit and Phil Collins are morally equivalent.

Read about Power's five other picks.

--Marshal Zeringue