Publicado originalmente em 1991, American Psycho é muito mais do que a história de um serial killer . É uma sátira feroz ao consumismo desenfreado, à futilidade da elite de Wall Street e ao vazio existencial dos anos 80. O Que Esperar do Livro?

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This loss of identity naturally breeds a profound atmosphere of alienation and fungibility. Throughout the book, characters constantly mistake one another for other wealthy colleagues. This recurring motif is not just a comedic gag about the uniformity of corporate fashion; it carries a darker philosophical weight. If everyone looks the same, wears the same Ermenegildo Zegna suits, and eats at the same hard-to-get-into restaurants, then everyone is interchangeable. This interchangeability fosters Bateman’s deep-seated rage and detachment. Because people are viewed as disposable commodities in the economic landscape of Wall Street, extending that logic to physical disposability becomes the horrifying, natural progression of Bateman’s psychosis.