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050 0 0 _aPS3555.L5937
_bA8 1991
082 0 0 _a813.54
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100 1 _aEllis, Bret Easton.
245 1 0 _aAmerican psycho :
_ba novel /
_cby Bret Easton Ellis.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bVintage Books,
_cc1991.
300 _a399 p. ;
_c21 cm.
490 0 _aVintage contemporaries
502 _aAmerican Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan businessman. The Observer notes that while "some countries [deem it] so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped", "critics rave about it" and "academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities
650 0 _aWomen
_xCrimes against
_vFiction.
650 0 _aSerial murderers
_vFiction.
650 0 _aPsychopaths
_vFiction.
650 0 _aRapists
_vFiction.
651 0 _aManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
_vFiction.
651 0 _aWall Street (New York, N.Y.)
_vFiction.
655 7 _aPsychological fiction.
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655 7 _aHorror tales.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random056/90010247.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random047/90010247.html
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