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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!
Publisher : Vintage; First Edition (March 1, 1991)
Language : English
Paperback : 399 pages
ISBN-10 : 0679735771
ISBN-13 : 978-0679735779
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inches
Customers say
Customers find the humor in the book interesting and comical. They describe it as an important commentary on modern American society, examining consumer culture in the 1980s. However, some readers feel the topics are boring and repetitive, with little plot development. There are mixed opinions on the horror content, with some finding it fascinating and disturbing while others say it’s very disturbing. Reviews are also mixed on the writing quality, with some finding it well-written and impressive, while others mention the text is too wordy and visual at times. Opinions are mixed on the character development, with some finding him interesting and multidimensional, while others feel he’s never developed.
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