I'll be honest, not only do I love this book but by dad is a literature professor who teaches this book in a 20th century American lit class and my primary partner has hung out with Brett Easton Ellis and discussed the book with him - so I have not only a particular interest in it, but I've talked about it with her and my dad for years. Modern literature was also what I studied in college and that makes me go for some of the more challenging books from time to time (mostly because the best way for me to communicate with my dad is to debate books with him.)
American Psycho is certainly not an easy read if you go into it as a typical "start at point x go to point y" story. It can be really, really funny though once you catch on to the joke.
It's sort of like Will Self books.
And, hey, I'm a snob and have never found the term insulting.
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I'll be honest, not only do I love this book but by dad is a literature professor who teaches this book in a 20th century American lit class and my primary partner has hung out with Brett Easton Ellis and discussed the book with him - so I have not only a particular interest in it, but I've talked about it with her and my dad for years. Modern literature was also what I studied in college and that makes me go for some of the more challenging books from time to time (mostly because the best way for me to communicate with my dad is to debate books with him.)
American Psycho is certainly not an easy read if you go into it as a typical "start at point x go to point y" story. It can be really, really funny though once you catch on to the joke.
It's sort of like Will Self books.
And, hey, I'm a snob and have never found the term insulting.