Ellis (Bret Easton) American Psycho
£350
London, Picador, 1998.
First hardback edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Ellis’s notorious novel American Psycho, first published in 1991 in paperback, was only issued in hardback in Britain in 1998 by Picador after years of censorship controversy. The book, a satirical and shocking portrait of consumerism, narcissism, and violence through the Wall Street psychopath Patrick Bateman, is a landmark of postmodern American fiction.
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Boards slightly softened at head of spine, otherwise a near fine copy in fine jacket.
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