Everyone who is writing that it’s part of Bateman’s masquerade is right - but what needs to be added to that explanation is how insanely detailed and verbose the music sections are. This was Easton Ellis’s real stroke of genius—he pushed this idea, like Bateman’s concern with fashion labels and fancy dining, to a comical extreme. This is what makes the book such a uniquely interesting (enjoyable wouldn’t be the right word) version of the “Diary of a Madman” genre and not just the dull equation of consumerism with psychosis. And now I’m remembering how hilariously composed and loquacious Bateman’s list of “Issues facing the world” is in the first chapter 😆. Everything Bateman does is hilariously over-verbose. Easton Ellis really found a unique artistic approach in this book.
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Reply to What is the meaning of the depth Patrick Bateman goes into about music in American Psycho? by ChairmanUzamaoki
Everyone who is writing that it’s part of Bateman’s masquerade is right - but what needs to be added to that explanation is how insanely detailed and verbose the music sections are. This was Easton Ellis’s real stroke of genius—he pushed this idea, like Bateman’s concern with fashion labels and fancy dining, to a comical extreme. This is what makes the book such a uniquely interesting (enjoyable wouldn’t be the right word) version of the “Diary of a Madman” genre and not just the dull equation of consumerism with psychosis. And now I’m remembering how hilariously composed and loquacious Bateman’s list of “Issues facing the world” is in the first chapter 😆. Everything Bateman does is hilariously over-verbose. Easton Ellis really found a unique artistic approach in this book.