It has often been noted that Patrick Bateman is an example of an unreliable narrator, and this feature of American Psycho has been the subject of discussion in several academic works.Thompson, John Bryan. 2020. Subtle Sign Posts: Uncovering Moral Meaning in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School. In a 2014 appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Ellis stated that Bateman's narration was so unreliable that even he, as the author of the book, did not know if Bateman was honestly describing events that actually happened or if he was lying or even hallucinating.
It has often been noted that Patrick Bateman is an example of an unreliable narrator, and this feature of American Psycho has been the subject of discussion in several academic works.Thompson, John Bryan. 2020. Subtle Sign Posts: Uncovering Moral Meaning in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School. In a 2014 appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Ellis stated that Bateman's narration was so unreliable that even he as the author of the book, did not know if Bateman was honestly describing events that actually happened or if he was lying or even hallucinating.