American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, later adapted into a film, that follows the life of Patrick Bateman, a wealthy New York yuppie working on Wall Street in the late 1980s. Beneath his sophisticated appearance and luxurious lifestyle, he is a ruthless serial killer, haunted by violent urges and deep emotional detachment. The story blends social satire and psychological horror, exposing the superficiality, consumerism, and alienation of modern society. Told through a first-person narrative, the reader is drawn into Bateman’s disturbed mind, where the line between reality and delusion becomes increasingly blurred. Marked by extreme violence and sharp criticism of capitalist elitism, American Psycho remains a controversial yet influential work.
