Less Than Zero
“When I stop at Gelson’s for some cigarettes and a bottle of Perrier, I find a lizard in the front seat. The checkout clerk is talking about murder statistics and he looks at me for some reason and asks if I’m feeling okay.
He’s lying on his bed in a wet bathing suit watching MTV. It’s dark in the room, the only light coming from the black and white images on the television.”
“I can suddenly see my reflection in a mirror in the corner of the bedroom: an old-looking teenager.”
