Patrick Bateman seems to be a normal wealthy investment banker in 1980s Wall Street; when in reality he is a psychopathic serial killer whose murders become increasingly horrific over time. Never believed when he confesses because he seems too normal Bateman continues a depraved killing spree that includes colleagues, prostitutes, dates and random people on the street. Bret Easton Ellis creates the ultimate American Psycho as he ends the story on a normal Friday night at a new nightclub; Bateman a free man.
In 1985, twenty-one-year-old Bret Easton Ellis jolted the literary world with his first novel, Less than Zero, and was hailed by more than one critic as the voice of the new generation. His subsequent...
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Frequently disliked by reviewers, faulted for his youth and apparent disregard for political correctness, Bret Easton Ellis was the enfant terrible of 1980s fiction. His first novel, Less Than Zero (1...
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While still an undergraduate at Bennington College in Vermont, Ellis published his best-selling novel Less Than Zero. His books have endured literary criticism ranging from "infantile and sophomoric" ...
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Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis
