By Jay Innis Murray “Pastiche is… blank parody, a statue with blind eyeballs.” – Fredric Jameson  “We’re the kids in America.” – Kim Wilde He drives a Mercedes 450 SL on the freeways, around Beverly Hills, and to Palm Springs (American Gigolo). Rich teens in Los Angeles get into unsupervised adult stuff (Less Than Zero). … Continue reading The Empty House on Mulholland: A Review of The Shards by Bret Ellis