"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.' American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

Living the enviable playboy banker lifestyle in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all - looks, money, style and status.

He and his entourage buy the most expensive clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the best clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of obsession. And the people closest to him keep meeting a bloody end.