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...sis novel would be doing it a disservice however. There's a major American Psycho-esque subplot involving a garish, jazz-loving neighbour who is murdered wee ...really do it justice through comparisons. Aside from the obvious American Psycho meets Groundhog Day line, I found elements of A Clockwork Orange, strands o

...smattering of violence and sex, it's ideal. There are hints of ''American Psycho'' and the collected works of [[:Category:Hunter S Thompson|Hunter S Thompso If cult's what you crave, then you won't go far wrong with [[American Skin by Ken Bruen]] and [[The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks]]. If you fancy so

...ped it would be more successful. I hadn't heard of the author before; he's American and this is his second novel. The hero of the piece is Detective Frank Blackburn, an American cop with guts, a great commitment to his job, but inclined to be rather tac

...m. A blazingly funny takedown of the music industry, there was an American Psycho style sense of danger and dread, combined with a constantly funny turn of p

...his whole second act utterly repulsive (and this is from a fan of American Psycho). This contributed to my negative feelings towards the book but in retrospe

American Koethi Zan was so inspired by the stories of girls surviving horrific, leng ...ent that commonly last the rest of the survivors' lives but not in learned psycho-babble. Sarah shares her life with us and therefore also her hang-ups, rou

...ep up from those other yoof cult classics, ''The Dice Man'' and ''American Psycho'' (why does anyone like these two books? They are both dreadful) but, in re |comment=Being an American and in my 30's during the Thatcher - Reagan years, I can appreciate Jill M

...n. The lure of Hollywood proved irresistible, and eventually he became an American citizen. ...du Maurier novel, to the celebrated 'The 39 Steps', 'Dial M For Murder', 'Psycho' and 'The Birds', Ackroyd deals concisely with each. There is a good crisp

...ng You Are'' has been taken from a line of Brett Easton Ellis’s ''American Psycho'' that asks: ‘Evil. Is it something you are? Or something you do?’ At f

...ed an acclaimed work, ''Becoming Faulkner'', which may be loosely termed a psycho-biography connecting that writer's life with his work. The tone of this wor ...k, I found myself wondering who might find it useful. Possibly students of American literature. However, the writing lacks clarity in places and sometimes sent

...nvolved in during the early 1980’s. I firewalked and meditated and was so psycho I actually believed I might be able to walk on water, crashing over and ove ...g man, etc., all the enormous lies that seem to be the stuff that makes an American).

...world. In terms of book that has made the most impression on me: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Not because it's particularly good, but because it se

AM: I think Brett Easton Ellis' ''American Psycho'' is very good, but it is not really a children's book as it deals largely

...the gussets of Gloucestershire" (or of Iowa, perhaps, as Diana Gabaldon is American). Still, there is just too much skilled hands, smells of satiated desire an ...tion including comparisons to the sexual act and references to orgasm, all psycho-historical validity disappears into the Scottish haar. Don't get me wrong,