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The Shards: Easton Ellis dives into meta-fiction, but leaves his readers floundering in the shallows

The Shards, Bret Easton Ellis’s first novel since 2010, is a half-decent thriller in need of a serious edit

Bret Easton Ellis: The Shards was previously made available to Ellis’s Patreon followers as part of the author’s podcast series. Picture: Getty