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Book Review of American Psycho

American Psycho
American Psycho
Author: Bret Easton Ellis
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This book is utterly disturbing on every level. It alternates between describing the outrageous decadence of the wealthy and the literally nauseating images of gore. Somehow, even as I was utterly repelled by every facet of the narrator, I could not put it down. I was fascinated, compelled to finish the tale in search of some reason, some reasonable explanation of what is wrong with Patrick Bateman. Not a book for the reader with a faint heart or a weak stomach.