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American Psycho

By: Bret Easton Ellis
Narrated by: Nick Landrum
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Patrick Bateman is 26 and works on Wall Street. He is handsome, sophisticated, charming, and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. And he is taking us to a head-on collision with America's greatest dream - and its worst nightmare...
©1991 Bret Easton Ellis (P)2009 Recorded Books LLC

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Be prepared for this book

Undoubtedly this book is filled with violence and disturbing imagery. So if you are particularly sensitive to these things then perhaps be wary of listening to it. However, it provides a satirical account of our hyper-consumptive way of life; alienation and boredom. The protagonist is utterly deplorable - he is a psychopath after all - but seeing an extreme version of the wealthy late 80's/early 90's New York through his eyes is intriguing. In terms of the audio production the narration is excellent and I will look for other books read by Nick Landrum.

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The worse book I have ever listen too

I gave up after listening to 75% of this book. Patrick is unlikable and is nothing more than evil. The details of his violence is horrific. The characters in the book both boring and rude. I don't care if this is some social commentary on the period, the book can not be classed as entertaining or informative. It is garbage and does not deserve its status. I will not listen to or read anything else Bret Easton Elllis has written as this book has turned me off both his style and thinking. Nick Landrum is fantastic in his narration. I wished I had read the other reviews before listening to this disgusting piece of literature. There are some things you don't need to know and wish you never experience, this book is one of them.

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One of the best written books ever

The level of detailing in the story is mind blowing. Effortlessly it let's you drift into the head of Bateman, and describes things in ways so you feel you are there yourself.

However, utter elegantly, it also portrays the state of mind of the main character by switching effortlessly between first and third person - depending on his level of control (something I noticed only second or third time I read the book).

This book is a must for all who wants to experience just how captivating books can be!

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interested and funny but long

had me laughing out loud at times and its extremely well written and interesting but can get repetitive at times if you're not in the right mood. possibly the most gruesome thing I've ever read, for me this is neither a good thing nor a bad thing.

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A good listen!

The narration was very good, both in terms of pronunciation and animation in the voice. The book was written in such a way, as to make a point, and in my opinion it is a social critique. There are a lot of details and they will sometimes be somewhat boring to a listener, but there are also scenes that are terribly violent and brutal, but both of these characteristics help to underline the author's point, so it works!

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depraved

I find this review hard to write. The book itself may be (in my view) described as depraved, corrupt, lacking in any literary content, a selection of words looking for a plot and not finding it . There was no content here, one can but wonder how it was published at all, it contributed nothing to American literature. The characters (such as they were) were shallow in the extreme, nothing , nothing at all to recommend it.

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Fantastic narration, difficult book.

Incredibly heinous book, but could appeal to those with a dark sense of humour. Nick Landrum made it possible to listen to the whole thing, even it it is overly long and almost frantically scattered.

The message of the book is quite good and well carried over though. I'd recommend it if you can stomach it.

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Disturbing

If you think you know this story by the movie you saw, think again and buckle up

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Mix of gorry, fucked up and boring

this book is what I expected from the title. What I didnt expect is the countless dinners and boring conversations about how to dress.

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Did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did

Fantastic book! I would highly recommend it to anyone who's looking for something different to listen to. It might get bit boring from time to time but when it gets going it doesn't stop.

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