NMLP P-003357 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Less Than Zero

Bret Easton Ellis · Simon & Schuster (New York) · 1985

The US Simon & Schuster first is the true first, preceding the UK Picador edition (1986). Ellis's debut, written while a Bennington student.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003357 for "Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003357, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).