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Patrick Bateman
Patrick Bateman is a fictional character, protagonist and narrator of the novel "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis, and its film adaptation. He is a wealthy, materialistic Wall Street investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer. Bateman has also briefly appeared in other Ellis novels and their film and theater adaptations.
Biography and profile.
Bateman works as a specialist in mergers and acquisitions at the fictional Wall Street investment firm of Pierce & Pierce (also Sherman McCoy's firm in "
and feelings." To James Brown, he clarified that Bateman was based on "my father a little bit but I was living that lifestyle; my father wasn't in New York the same age as Patrick Bateman, living in the same building, going to the same places that Patrick Bateman was going to."
Ellis named his first novel and his latest after two Elvis Costello references: "Less Than Zero" and "Imperial Bedroom", respectively. Ellis called Bruce Springsteen his "musical hero" in a