'It wouldn't be published today': why American Psycho was branded 'repellent'
Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in the 2000 film version of American Psycho Credit: Alamy The 30th birthday of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho is not a universal cause for celebration. Many people have found something almost offensive about the anniversary falling at a time when men are being asked to think urgently about how to make the world safer for women. Even Ellis himself, when I ask him about his most famous work, admits, “It wouldn’t be published today.” The fact that it remains in print – and has spawned a hit film and even a stage musical – will be seen by ...
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