Part 1 of Essay
Entrails torn from the body with bare hands, eyes gouged out with razor blades, battery cables, rats borrowing inside the human body, power drills to the face, cannibalism, credit cards, business cards, Dorsia, Testoni, Armani, Wall Street; all of these things are Patrick Bateman’s world. The only difference between Batem ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... to an almost mind numbing amount of details of Bateman’s social life, wardrobe, cosmetic products, etc. The reader is almost frustrated with the overabundance of details. Why is it important to know what kind of hair gel Bateman used on Tuesday before an important meeting with his friends? What’s the point of numerous chapters of extreme analysis of Genesis, Whitney Houston, etc? Bateman’s obsessions are extremely complex but at the same time he doesn’t limit himself to one area of obsession. Batema ....