Open invitation

Since reestablishing residence in his native Southern California in 2006, novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis hasn't exactly gone hungry for dinner invitations. Yet on many a weekend night, the 44-year-old creator of such provocative bestsellers as "Less Than Zero" and "American Psycho" chooses to take his meals at home with a close circle of friends, and his swank, minimalist West Hollywood condo becomes the setting for wine-and-dine affairs.

By David A. Keeps

November 8, 2008