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American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

  • 477 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1991
  • 46 editions
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1 About this book

American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of The Observer notes that while "some countries [deem it] so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped", "critics rave about it" and "academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities".

Good for readers who want: horror, literary fiction, and a long read.

  • Horror
  • Literary fiction
  • Psychological fiction
  • Serial murderers
  • Crimes against
  • Serial murders
  • Capitalism
  • Schizophrenia

2 About Bret Easton Ellis

Born 1964

Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the Literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels often share recurring characters. When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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