American Psycho

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English language

ISBN:
9780307278630

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4 stars (2 reviews)

American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of The Observer notes that while "some countries [deem it] so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped", "critics rave about it" and "academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities".A film adaptation starring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman was released in 2000 to generally favorable reviews. In 2008, it was confirmed that producers David Johnson and Jesse Singer were developing a musical adaptation of the novel to appear on Broadway. The musical premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London in December 2013.

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reviewed American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

jesus

3 stars

disdain for the rich and empty. brands, GQ, unrelenting violence, unreality, misogyny, brands, designer, restaurant, more expensive restaurant, donald trump, brands, hair, cocaine, huey lewis and the news, thinner, bulkier, taller, hatred, hatred, aimless empty prejudice, everything empty even violence

Ultimately successful in its aims as a hatred-induced breakdown of a particular kind of insufferable person but so unbearably gruesome that my honest feelings are mostly just disgust. I appreciate its rage but want nothing to do with the result. This has messed with my dreams on several separate days.

reviewed American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Il male come antidoto al vuoto

5 stars

Patrick viene definito da tutti "il ragazzo della porta accanto", sebbene fin dal primo capitolo mostra, con parole e azioni, i chiari segni di qualcosa di oscuro. Nel mondo vuoto e fasullo degli yuppi degli anni ottanta, Patrick sembra trovare se stesso solo nella violenza, finendo però per distruggere graduatorie anche le poche cose reali che la vita gli può offrire. Senza pentimenti, senza pietà, forse senza neanche vero sadismo, per Patrick il male e le ossessioni oscure sono un antidoto al vuoto che sente, ancora più degli oggetti lussuosi che compra, del denaro, del sesso... Da questo romanzo è stato tratto un ottimo film che tuttavia ne edulcora molto la crudeltà. Consigliato solo a chi ha uno stomaco forte.