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The story is told in the first person by patrick bateman, a serial killer and manhattan businessman. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Before we can talk about the ending of american psycho, we need to get one thing straight. At this point the deaths have escalated to ludicrous levels, where the whole. The novel that simon and schuster belatedly rejected last fall on grounds. American psycho business card scene dissection cultoid. The books publisher, pan macmillan, said that a small number of copies of the picador classic edition of american psycho welsh calls the book one of the greatest novels of our time. Written by mary harron and guinevere turner, based on the novel by bret easton ellis. Now that american psycho, which is the subject of this months guardian book club, has become an established feature of the literary landscape and is generally acknowledged as a. Patrick bateman is a fictional character and the protagonist, as well as the narrator, of the novel american psycho by bret easton ellis, and its film adaptation. American psycho is a novel that makes a statement about modern society.
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Bateman spends much of the novel detailing the accoutrements of his lifestyle. A multimillion copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent black comedy about the darkest side of human nature. Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when sports came out in 83, i think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. American psycho, bret easton ellis slash and bash novel about a wall. If you are aware of it, the book leaves much to be desired, nightmares or not. Bateman meets his end in lunar park when a fictionalized version of bret. The business card scene in american psycho is a great example.
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