Setting aside the fact that he is probably one of the most quintessential memes of the internet age, do any of you feel a deep resonance with Patrick Bateman? If not, then who?
>>526153692American Psycho is probably the only decent American work of literature, precisely because it deals with American culture. Americans writing about any other subject always comes off as fake and uninteresting. This is because Americans are capable of reflection only on themselves.
>>526153847That's a very narrow outlook on American authors. Yes Easton Ellis was able to succintly caricature an American obsessions. But others before him were able to get to the problems of humanity. Hemingway understood the plights of the world, as did Pound and Fante and Bukowski. Stop viewing things so abstractly.
>>526153692For me, probably would have to be Ted Lasso. He proves that true strength comes from vulnerability, kindness, and going to therapy
>>526154324>Hemingwayprobably the worst writer of all time. Bukowski was ok.
>>526153692Sort of yeah
>>526155337How so
