American psycho novel pdf free download

A tale of sex, drugs, violence, revenge, and betrayal, Black American Psycho is an explosive reveal about the fickle nature of friendship, love, and celebrity in the age of flare-up fame. The first novel from controversial writer Ernest Baker, Black American Psycho is a coming-of-age epic for the Twitter generation. Ellis wrote a total of seven novels and became one of the most famous authors of postmodern American literature.

His third novel American Psycho was published in and turned into a movie in by Mary Harron. When American Psycho was published in , it was not well received. Because of its extremely graphic scenes of violence and pornography the novel caused a chorus of outrage among critics. Ellis even received death threats and had to face furious outcries from women Ellis was surprised that the novel provoked such reactions because he intended the novel to be a black comedy and a critique of the capitalist society in New York City in the s.

His intention was to decry the greed, envy and the urge for conformity present at Wall Street at that time. In adapting Bret Easton Ellis's turgid, gory novel to the screen, the director Mary Harron has boiled a bloated stew of brand names and butchery into a lean and mean horror comedy classic. Holden, par. In the framework of the seminar "Literature and Media: A Kaleidoscope", this paper analyzes the rehabilitation of the novel focusing on internal changes and the resulting changes in the effect on the audience.

Mary Harron rehabilitated American Psycho by turning it into a feminist movie. Many critics condemned this novel before it had been published so Ellis even had to search for a new publishing company. The indignation atAmerican psychohad been so fierce, it verged on hysteria and some interest groups feminist and religious groups for instance agitated against the author and his work1.

The main reason why critics reacted that outraged was the explicit and detailed description of violence in this book2. In this paper I will discuss the appearence of violence inAmerican psycho. This will help to give an opinion of this violence and to interpret it. Then I will discuss how violence is presented in the text.

In the fourth. It covers the story of the serial killer Patrick Bateman, who enjoys a good reputation everywhere in Manhattan. Bateman is a young, athletic, handsome, successful, and stereotypical s yuppie, who you are able to see in magazines, journals, advertising for Calvin Klein or Hugo Boss, and on Wall Street. On the other hand, he murders, rapes, tortures, mutilates, and cannibalizes his victims, but his cruel acts remain undetected.

Bateman outlines the murder of a man, who at this point was not even in town. In this paper, this question and especially what the murders are about to express either way will be analyzed in view of social criticism.

Therefore, first of all, American society in the s will be outlined to help the reader better understand the contemporary historical background to which the movie refers. Subsequently, the amoral materialism in American consumer society pictured in American Psycho will be described to clarify the social circumstances Bateman lives in. Flera av hans romaner har filmatiserats, och American Psycho betraktas numera som en modern klassiker.

Skip to content. American Psycho. American Psycho Book Review:. Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to fiction, horror lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download. Great book, American Psycho pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. He is twenty-six years old and living his own American Dream.

Bret Easton Ellis. PaperBackJuly 1, An international bestseller and true modern classic Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent.

He is also a psychopath. Published in March the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in fiction, horror books. The book has been awarded with Booker Prize, Edgar Awards and many others.