What is less than zero summary?

Less than Zero is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. The story takes place in Los Angeles and follows Clay, a college student who returns to his hometown during the Christmas holidays. Throughout the novel, Clay struggles with his addiction to sex, drugs, and alcohol, and the shallowness of his privileged upbringing. He reunites with his childhood friends, Julian and Blair, but soon realizes that they too are struggling with addiction and self-destructive behavior. The novel explores themes of nihilism, alienation, and excess in the wealthy youth culture of the 1980s. Less than Zero was critically acclaimed upon its release and is now considered a modern classic of American literature. It has since been adapted into a film and a Hulu series.