“It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.”
DESCRIPTION
Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to head-on collision with America's greatest dream—and its worst nightmare—American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront
FACT
- The original publishers Simon & schuster withdrew the book due to "aesthetic differences"
- Some countries imposed restrictions on the sales of the book, such as 18 and over or sold in shrink- wrapped in Germany and Australia.
- Feminist Gloria Steinem disapproved of the book's portrayal of violance towards women. Ironically, she is the stepmother of Christian Bale who played leading role in film adaptation.
- In 2000 the movie version was released, staring Christian Bales along side Chloe Sevigny, Reece Witherspoon and Jaret Leto
HATE REVIEW
the most loathsome offering of the season
----Roger Rosenblatt, New York Times
PRAISE
Serious, clever and shatteringly effective
---Sunday Times
For its savagely coherent picture of a society lethally addicted to blandness, it should be judged by the highest standards ---John Walsh, Sunday Times
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