High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Imperial Bedrooms is a novel by American author Bret Easton Ellis. Released on June 15, 2010, it is the sequel to Less Than Zero, Ellis` 1985 bestselling literary debut, which was shortly followed by a film adaptation in 1987. Imperial Bedrooms revisits Less Than Zero`s self-destructive and disillusioned youths as they approach middle-age in the present day. Like Ellis` earlier novel, which took its name from Elvis Costello`s 1977 song of the same name, Imperial Bedrooms is named after Costello`s 1982 album.