Essays on American Psycho

American Psycho
Original title American Psycho
Author

Bret Easton Ellis

Genre Transgressive Fiction , Postmodern Novel , Satire , Black Comedy , Horror
Language English
Characters Patrick Bateman, Paul Owen, Tim Price, Luis Carruthers, Victor Zsasz, Patrick Bateman's colleagues, Patrick Bateman's victims
Published 1991
ISBN 9780679735779
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In “American Psycho,” Bret Easton Ellis tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, young investment banker who lives a double life as a serial killer. Bateman is a handsome, well-educated man who seems to have it all, but he is secretly a psychopath who enjoys torturing and murdering people. As the novel progresses, Bateman’s murderous impulses become increasingly uncontrollable, and he descends into madness. In the end, Bateman is caught and arrested for his crimes, but the novel leaves it ambiguous as to whether he is actually punished or whether he simply imagines himself being punished.

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