Well, my point is the brand-naming in AP is akin to it Fight
Club ... it's not simply the author going overboard, but the
author intentionally establishing the shallow materialistic
obsession of the characters. And no it's not HB or noir ...
more literary (literary not defining quality, but
genre/audience) serial killer character study like Joyce
Carol Oates
"Zombie."
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> From: Mark Sullivan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 8:49 PM
>
> Oh, I wasn't complaining, just noting it. I've only
read a few pages,
> so I haven't really developed an opinion. Then
again, it took less than
> that for me to decide not to read his first, Less
Than Zero.
>
> I do get the feeling from just those few pages that
American Psycho is
> neither noir nor hardboiled, the tone and writing
style certainly don't
> fit either (from what I know of its plot, reputation
and controversy,
> I'd guess it's gothic). So it probably doesn't fit
in here. I just
> mentioned it to show that the brandnaming compulsion
is not genre
> specific.
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