American Psycho (novel)

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horror novel novel satirical novel

American Psycho (novel) is Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial 1991 satirical horror novel that follows wealthy Wall Street banker and serial killer Patrick Bateman, exploring themes of consumerism, violence, and moral emptiness in 1980s Manhattan.

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American Psycho 3
American Psycho (1991 novel) 1

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instanceOf horror novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Bret Easton Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ
censorshipCountry Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversialFor graphic violence ⓘ
misogyny ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Mary Harron NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2000 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Christian Bale NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Glamorama NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation American Psycho (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCensorshipHistory yes ⓘ
hasISBN 9780679735779 ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Patrick Bateman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person ⓘ
notableFor depiction of 1980s consumer culture ⓘ
graphic depictions of murder ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublisher Vintage Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy The Rules of Attraction NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistEmployerLocation Wall Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation investment banker ⓘ
publicationYear 1991 ⓘ
publisher Picador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vintage Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInLocation Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
settingMilieu Wall Street finance culture ⓘ
settingSocioeconomicClass upper class ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
moral emptiness ⓘ
violence ⓘ
yuppie culture ⓘ

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American Psycho → basedOn → American Psycho (novel) ⓘ
Patrick Bateman → firstAppearance → American Psycho (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Psycho (1991 novel)
Bret Easton Ellis → notableWork → American Psycho (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Psycho
Matt Ross → notableWork → American Psycho (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis → wrote → American Psycho (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Psycho