Less Than Zero Book Summary. Less than zero by castroe, released 12 january 2018 1. The biggest mistake most people make in life is not setting goals high enough.
Less than zero was published in 1985, the same year twa flight 847 was hijacked by hezbollah, the us version of the nintendo entertainment system came out. Less than zero is told from the first person perspective of clay, the main protagonist. The smartest thing that the makers of ''less than zero'' have done is the thing that they didn't do:
‘less than zero’ isn’t a summary of the experience’s you are about to have.
By thanksgiving, downey and gertz are sleeping together and doing cocaine together, and by christmas a terrified gertz is calling mccarthy and begging him to come home and rescue downey, who is in very big trouble. In the first section of the book clay describes a series of parties and family meetings leading up to christmas. Clay is a rich college student returning to his hometown of los angeles for the winter break in the 1980s, during which he reunites with his friend trent, a successful model. Perry the penguin needs 9 clams to buy an ice scooter—but he's not very good at saving.