American Psycho

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.” —The Washington PostOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsPatrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.“A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing.... An important book.” —Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love

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3.8/5 · 380435 readers · 512 pages · ≈ 9 h 29 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read American Psycho?

About ≈ 9 h 29 m — 512 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mAmerican Psycho~9 h 29 m

How many pages is American Psycho?

512 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320American Psycho512

What genre is American Psycho?

It sits on the Horror shelves.

Has American Psycho been made into a movie or TV show?

Yes — screen adaptations include American Psycho 2 (2002), American Psycho (2000).

Who wrote American Psycho?

Bret Easton Ellis (1964–0).

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