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Northern Monkey
 Post subject: Bret Easton Ellis
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noticed last night he is doing a reading in Manchester next month to promote his new book. Worth a fiver?

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I would definitely say yes. American Psycho is one of my very favourite books.
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American Psycho is the first time I actually read the book before I saw the movie.

A great author when it comes down to expressing sickness of the mind. Does anyone know if something ever bad happened to him to write like that?

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dunno, but reading that book was not a pleasant experience. Can't say I enjoyed reading it but I've read it 4 or 5 times now. Not the sort of thing you enjoy.

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The book is a lot more disturbing than the movie. I squirmed a lot during the reading.


One thing the movie and the book have in common is that neither make sense at the end...though you get a better idea in the book

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It's not exactly comfortable reading, but I think it is incredibly cleverly written.

I don't know if anything has ever happened in Bret Easton Ellis's life to make him think like that. Most of his books have very sinister undertones though.
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I've got Glamorama but haven't got round to reading it yet.
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