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The book presents a structured narrative beginning with an introduction and a dated section “Fall/1981,” followed by thirty-one numbered chapters, plus an Author’s Note and a note about the author. Cataloging information classifies it as novels and thrillers, and it includes publication identifiers for print and ebook formats.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Also by Bret Easton Ellis  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>White  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Imperial Bedrooms Lunar Park  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Glamorama The Informers American Psycho The Rules ofAttraction Less Than Zero  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Copyright © 2023 by Bret Easton Ellis Corporation  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[www.aaknopf.com](www.aaknopf.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Hal Leonard LLC: Excerpt from “Vienna,” words and music by Warren Cann, Christopher Allen, William Currie, and Midge Ure. Copyright © 1981 by Hot Food Music Ltd., Sing Sing Songs Ltd., Jump-Jet Music Ltd., and Mood Music Ltd. All rights in the U.S. and Canada administered by Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC. ∙ Peermusic (UK) Ltd.: Excerpt from “Beach Baby” by John Shakespeare and Gillian Irene Shakespeare. Copyright © 1974 by Peermusic (UK) Ltd., copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Peermusic (UK) Ltd.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Ellis, Bret Easton, author.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Title: The shards / Bret Easton Ellis.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. | “This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf”—Title page verso.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Identifiers: LCCN 2022014761 (print) | LCCN 2022014762 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593535608 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593535615 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524712426 (open market)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Subjects: LCGFT: Novels. | Thrillers (Fiction) .  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Classification: LCC PS3555.L5937 S53 2023 (print) | LCC PS3555.L5937 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20220406  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014761](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014761)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014762](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014762)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014762)Ebook ISBN 9780593535615  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Cover image based on a photograph by Steve Speller / Alamy  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Cover design by Chip Kidd ep_prh_6.0_ 142242128_c0_r0  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Contents  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Cover  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Also by Bret Easton Ellis  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Title Page  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Copyright  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Dedication  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Epigraph  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Introduction  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>FALL/1981  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 1  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 2  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 3  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 4  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 5  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 6  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 7  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 8  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 9  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 10  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 11  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 12  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 13  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 14  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 15  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 16  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 17  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 18  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 19  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 20  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 21  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 22  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 23  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 24  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 25  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 26  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 27  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 28  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 29  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 30  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Chapter 31  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Author's Note  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A Note About the Author  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>For no one  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Do you remember back in oldL.A. When everybody drove a Chevrolet?  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Whatever happened to the boy next door The suntanned, crew-cut, all-American male?  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>“Beach Baby”The First Class  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>If you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>1984  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>George Orwell\u003C/p>","cbCaij3yxaDOlza6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij3yxaDOlza6","pdf",4246955,2,678,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# FALL/1981\n# Chapter 1\n# Chapter 2\n# Chapter 3\n# Chapter 4\n# Chapter 5\n# Chapter 6\n# Chapter 7\n# Chapter 8\n# Chapter 9\n# Chapter 10\n# Chapter 11\n# Chapter 12\n# Chapter 13\n# Chapter 14\n# Chapter 15\n# Chapter 16\n# Chapter 17\n# Chapter 18\n# Chapter 19\n# Chapter 20\n# Chapter 21\n# Chapter 22\n# Chapter 23\n# Chapter 24\n# Chapter 25\n# Chapter 26\n# Chapter 27\n# Chapter 28\n# Chapter 29\n# Chapter 30\n# Chapter 31\n# Author's Note\n# A Note About the Author","[{\"question\":\"What publication details are provided for The Shards?\",\"answer\":\"It is the first edition published in New York by Alfred A. 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