First published 1991
Patrick Bateman is a successful Manhattan investment banker, but he leads a gruesome secret life. By night, he indulges his true obsession - a murderous spree of shocking violence. As Bateman's killing escalates, he struggles to keep his horrific crimes hidden from the world around him. This is an unnerving descent into the twisted psyche of a killer, a chilling portrait of the American Dream gone horribly wrong.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, crime, horror, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-protagonist, gritty-realism, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London, Manhattan, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York, Wall Street, Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
Period: 1980s
399 pages · Paperback · Vintage Contemporaries
Content warnings: body-horror, graphic-violence, murder, violence