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American Psycho

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  • 11-08-1999 12:22am
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    mewso
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    Anyone ever read this book which I believe is banned in Ireland?
    Very disturbing stuff. Possibly the most violent book I have ever read. The satire on Yuppies of the eighties is pointed but the extreme violence and hate for women is incredible. Strengthen your stomach before you read it.

    M


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    TwoShedsJackson
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    It isnt banned in Ireland Muso. I read it and found it to be gratuitously violent claptrap, and the attempts at satire were irritating and patronising.

    Can't win em all I guess smile.gif mind you I also thought Less Than Zero (also by Brett Easton Ellis) was crap, so there's obviously something about his style that really gets on my tits.


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    shank
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    I read it and loved it, what's wrong with gratuitous violence? Mind you I would'nt touch the rest of his stuff with a ****ty stick.
    shank@quake.ie
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    TwoShedsJackson
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    Nothing wrong with a bit of the old ultra-violence, I agree, but that book stank nonetheless.


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