American Psycho

· Sold by Vintage
4.4
513 reviews
Ebook
416
Pages
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other.

"A seminal book.” —The Washington Post

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.

“A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing.... An important book.” —Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love

Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s latest novel, The Shards!

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4.4
513 reviews
Seymour Phillman
August 19, 2018
Much more graphic and intense than the film, but that's not necessarily a good thing. The social commentary is a bit more detailed which was nice to dive into. However, the some of the violence reads like something an edgy teen would have written in their murder-fantasy journal. Can't say I'd recommend it, but I wouldn't discourage someone from reading it if they're curious how it compares to the movie.
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A Google user
May 26, 2010
I think that (from a girls point of view) that this book is well written. I don't think at Ellis should have gotten all the crap he did. It is well written and that you can fallow it very well. The descriptions, the fear, the terror. It kept me at the edge of my seat and I could feel myself becoming Patrick Batemen. It is a great page turner, I love this book. It is one of my favorites! The movie doesn't come close, but Christian Bale almost captures Patrick Batemen. Great book!
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Samantha Bouwman
August 23, 2019
The inner monologue writing style was interesting, but all-in-all, this was a pretty painful read. Comes across as a nonsensical, gratuitous snuff novel. I feel that the point of the novel could have been made even if the very intensely gory and pornographic scenes were toned down. It was on my reading bucket list, but I don't think I could ever be convinced to read it a second time.
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About the author

BRET EASTON ELLIS is the author of Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers, Glamorama, Lunar Park, and Imperial Bedrooms. His works have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and The Informers have all been made into films. He lives in Los Angeles.

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