Holy shit! If you'll excuse the french. This book is FUCKED UP beyond anything I've ever read before.
The graphic sex and violence scenes make for stomach churning but sensationalist reading.
But there is so much more to this book than simple gore and shock value. As a depiction of the 1980's version of the American Dream its right up there. And given the modern economic crisis we find ourselves in I couldn't help but draw comparisons between Patrick Batemans disregard for his victims and society at large and the way that corporate bankers from the mid 80's onwards have treated businesses and economies as things for them to do with as they will regardless of the consequences to the rest of the world.
Probably the only book that I have ever turned away from in disgust while reading. But also one of the most compelling things I've ever read. A fascinating and wonderfully written book.
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