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ISBN
9780679735779
Book Title
American Psycho
Item Length
8in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
1991
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Bret Easton Ellis
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Horror, Satire, Literary
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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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 !

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679735771
ISBN-13
9780679735779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
American Psycho
Author
Bret Easton Ellis
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Horror, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3555.L5937a8 1991
Reviews
"Bret Easton Ellis is a very, very good writer [and] American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel.... The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of culture; and he's done it brilliantly.... A seminal book." --Fay Weldon, The Washington Post "A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing, which has large elements of Jane Austen at her vitriolic best. An important book." --Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love "A great novel. What Emerson said about genius, that it's the return of one's rejected thoughts with an alienated majesty, holds true for American Psycho .... There is a fever to the life of this book that is, in my reading, unknown in American literature." --Michael Tolkin "The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes.... [Ellis] is showing older authors where the hands come to on the clock." --Norman Mailer, Vanity Fair, "Bret Easton Ellis is a very, very good writer [and]American Psychois a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel…. The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of culture; and he's done it brilliantly…. A seminal book." -Fay Weldon,The Washington Post "A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing, which has large elements of Jane Austen at her vitriolic best. An important book." -Katherine Dunn "A great novel. What Emerson said about genius, that it's the return of one's rejected thoughts with an alienated majesty, holds true forAmerican Psycho…. There is a fever to the life of this book that is, in my reading, unknown in American literature." -Michael Tolkin "The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes…. [Ellis] is showing older authors where the hands come to on the clock." -Norman Mailer,Vanity Fair, “Bret Easton Ellis is a very, very good writer [and] American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel&. The novelist’s function is to keep a running tag on the progress of culture; and he’s done it brilliantly&. A seminal book.â€� -Fay Weldon, The Washington Post “A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing, which has large elements of Jane Austen at her vitriolic best. An important book.â€� -Katherine Dunn “A great novel. What Emerson said about genius, that it’s the return of one’s rejected thoughts with an alienated majesty, holds true for American Psycho &. There is a fever to the life of this book that is, in my reading, unknown in American literature.â€� -Michael Tolkin “The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes&. [Ellis] is showing older authors where the hands come to on the clock.â€� -Norman Mailer, Vanity Fair From the Trade Paperback edition., "Bret Easton Ellis is a very, very good writer [and] American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel.... The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of culture; and he's done it brilliantly.... A seminal book." --Fay Weldon, The Washington Post   "A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing, which has large elements of Jane Austen at her vitriolic best. An important book." --Katherine Dunn   "A great novel. What Emerson said about genius, that it's the return of one's rejected thoughts with an alienated majesty, holds true for American Psycho .... There is a fever to the life of this book that is, in my reading, unknown in American literature." --Michael Tolkin   "The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes.... [Ellis] is showing older authors where the hands come to on the clock." --Norman Mailer, Vanity Fair, "Bret Easton Ellis is a very, very good writer [and] American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel…. The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of culture; and he's done it brilliantly…. A seminal book." -Fay Weldon, The Washington Post "A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing, which has large elements of Jane Austen at her vitriolic best. An important book." -Katherine Dunn "A great novel. What Emerson said about genius, that it's the return of one's rejected thoughts with an alienated majesty, holds true for American Psycho …. There is a fever to the life of this book that is, in my reading, unknown in American literature." -Michael Tolkin "The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes…. [Ellis] is showing older authors where the hands come to on the clock." -Norman Mailer, Vanity Fair
Lccn
90-010247
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Dewey Edition
23

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  • by astrosky07
    Dec 11, 2016Top favourable review

    Just as relevant today as in the 80s

    Oh yes, psychopathy/sociopathy is thriving in the USA. Deja vu, the soulless yuppies depicted in this book have lately been overrun by rebel flag waving rednecks, but whether 1% or not, the general mood is the same - sneer at the homeless, worship Trump, and spend outrageous amounts of money in order to feel good about yourself. Seeing as people routinely get away with murder (and worse crimes against humanity) these days, it doesn't seem that much is changed. The dreary obsessive descriptions of what everybody is wearing gets really old, but if we mentally replace that with an obsession with technology and what brand gadget everyone is holding, its a pretty seamless transition between then and now - we definitely value stuff over people.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goodwill_industries_of_south_florida

  • by gegro_a_kdvk3e8
    Oct 08, 2019Top critical review

    There is some merit, but lacks any humor to it's darkness

    The novel itself feels too long and while it is well written, I at most found it entertaining, it never felt like a dark comedy or even gallows humor. When it is dark, it's just that. I find it far too sinister to be funny. The parts that could be funny are repeated so much that they become tedious. But the way Ellis writes makes up for this, greatly. I don't feel as if Patrick Bateman becomes and interesting character until serious mental cracks begin to show. But, all in all, the novel's ending is far better than it's beginning, however lacking the humor may be.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: you-gotta-deal

  • by eccentriceye
    Apr 24, 2023

    Some of the character names are different, reads like a director's extended cut, and I too believe Bono is the devil.

    Book is better than the movie

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goodwillvsb

  • by baran_54
    Feb 23, 2022

    I need to return some videotapes

    The story was set in the mid-1980s, but it could just as easily be set it our modern era, minus Ronald Reagan. Very interesting how many times Trump was mentioned. After reading this book you might gain an appreciation of your local financial psycho. Just remember not to visit him at his swank, postmodernist condo.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: alibrisbooks

  • by brapa-1605
    Mar 26, 2020

    Excellent, buy it.

    Bret Easton Ellis writes a compelling and graphic novel that drags you deep into 1980s Wall Street. The story and characters are captivating, and if you’ve seen the movie, hearing the actors voices as you read elevates the experience.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: neil2b1l

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