"My name is Patrick Bateman. I am twenty-six years old. I live in the American Garden Buildings on West Eighty-First Street, on the eleventh floor. Tom Cruise lives in the penthouse.I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deep pore-cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser, then a honey-almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb mint facial masque which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an after-shave lotion with little or no alcohol because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing "protective" lotion...
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 you and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there."
For those of you not familiar with the Sadistic Literary mind of Bret Easton Ellis, then you would definitely be familiar with Christian Bale's performance in American Psycho. Ellis is the mastermind behind novels such as Less than Zero, Rules of Attraction, The Informers and American Psycho which have all been made in hollywood films.
Easton has announced his 7th book titled 'Imperial Bedrooms' which is the sequel to Less Than Zero. Imperial Bedrooms revisits Less than zero's self-destructive and disillusioned youths as they approach middle-age in the present day. The book will be avaliabe on June 15th in Australia from all good book stores. For all the mega book worms out there, Esquire magazine has published an expert from the book. Check it out here.
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