Elaine (her real name) was a client of mine some 20 plus years ago.
A lovely, down to earth lady - she turned up at my office in a battered Ford Ka, wearing tracksuit bottoms (her not the Ford Ka, and yes she was wearing something on top too).
... and is boring as f*ck. I enjoyed his two earlier novels much more.
Less Than Zero was made into a shockingly bad film. I never saw the film of The Rules of Attraction.