An international bestseller and true modern classic, American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.
An international bestseller and true modern classic,
American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.
Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent and outrageous black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.
With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.
I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?
Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, and reservations at every new restaurant in town. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel . . . The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of the culture; and he's done it brilliantly . . . A seminal book Fay Weldon Washington Post
Bret Easton Ellis is the author of several novels, including
Imperial Bedrooms, Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Glamorama and
Lunar Park, and a collection of stories,
The Informers.
Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and
The Informers have all been made into films. His first work of non-fiction,
White, was published in 2019. He is the host of the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast available on Patreon. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Bret Easton Ellis
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An international bestseller and true modern classic, American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.
