American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis was one of those books. It has since become one of the most controversial horror novels in the world, published in 1991 to a crowd that may not have been quite ready for the graphic nature of the storytelling. Yet, it would go on to be adapted into a cult classic horror movie starring Christian Bale and Jared Leto.
That didn’t stop the novel from getting out there, though. Ellis was still able to get his book published on the date that was originally intended, but not with the original publisher. Vintage Books quickly jumped on the chance to get this controversial story out into the world, and the rest is history.
The Honest Meaning Behind Bret Easton Ellis’ Story
American Psycho wasn’t born out of an attempt to make people cringe. It wasn’t there as some sort of literary form of torture. It was an honest story about how Ellis was feeling at the time.
The world was different in the early ‘90s compared to today. While there is still some controversy around the horror novel, Ellis shared that it wouldn’t get the same reception in 2011 as it did in 1991, and the fact still stands.
“It’s a different world,” Ellis went on to explain the difference with the news cycle and the media now, “I also don't think you can replicate that kind of controversy now because of the nature of the media, and, on some level, the nature of how we as a collective audience react to novels and to long-form fiction or serious fiction. It doesn't matter to us as much as it once did.”
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