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Patrick bateman is handsome, well educated, intelligent. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the american dream becomes a nightmare. I know why bret easton ellis hates david foster wallace. A hundred and sixtyseven years lie between the publication of james hoggs the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner 1824 henceforth referred to as confessions and bret easton elliss american psycho 1991. Bret easton ellis still stuck with american psycho after 25 years i will always be defined by patrick bateman, says author, adding that the psychotic antihero would no longer be a fan of. American psycho by bret easton ellis books the guardian.
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