American Psycho

American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of The Observer notes that while "some countries [deem it] so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped", "critics rave about it" and "academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities".

Set in

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  55 West 81st Street · United States

  Fictional residence of Patrick Bateman
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  Tunnel Nightclub, Chelsea, Manhattan · United States

  Real 1980s NYC nightclub where Bateman and colleagues buy cocaine and party
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  Nell's, West 14th Street, Manhattan · United States

  Real 1980s NYC club frequented by Bateman's social circle
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  Exchange Place, Financial District, Manhattan · United States

  Fictional Wall Street firm Pierce & Pierce where Bateman works, given an address on the real Exchange Place
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  Harvard Club, East 44th Street, Manhattan · United States

  Real Manhattan private club featured among Bateman's elite haunts
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