Folio Society
Limited Author Signed Edition
Original Packaging – Wrapped Up
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Illustrated by David Hughes
Introduced By Irvine Welsh
Afterword by the author
In this controversial cult classic, Bret Easton Ellis crafts a razor-sharp, darkly comic portrait of Manhattan's elite at the height of 1980s consumerism. Through the chilling perspective of Patrick Bateman, a young investment banker who appears to have it all, Ellis clinically dissects a world obsessed with status and appearance, exposing the horrifying emptiness that lies beneath the glitz and polished surfaces. As compelling as it is provocative, American Psycho is not merely a brilliantly written character study: it is a powerful satirical critique of an entire cultural moment, revealing the disturbing consequences of emotional erasure, moral decay and unchecked excess.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Bound in white leather blocked with lettering by David Hughes
Printed in red and black ink throughout
Printed endpapers
Ribbon marker
Hand-splattered book edges
Letterpress printed label signed by the author
Presented in a clamshell box covered in Skivertex material, screen-printed with a design by the artist
Presentation box lined in printed Savile Row Plain Blue paper with a letterpress printed business card in pocket
10 inches x 6¾ inches
512 pages
Limited to 750 copies
