American Psycho
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
American Psycho
| Author | Bret Easton Ellis |
|---|---|
| Published | 1991 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Bret Easton Ellis’s novel narrated by Patrick Bateman, a late-1980s Wall Street M&A banker whose obsession with business cards, restaurant reservations and brand names runs alongside murders the book never confirms. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — named in the answers to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (the thread, June 2025) — a satire offered as the best available description of investment-banking status culture. The full list of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Language of Discourse — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: the book is almost entirely about the vocabulary of status.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.