In the early 1990s, the novel ›American Psycho‹ caused heated discussions. The disturbing book, which has sold over a million copies in the US, takes you into the minds of the serial killing yuppie Patrick Bateman, trapped between his deranged mind and consumerism. Bret Easton Ellis is the autor, it´s his third novel and he becomes a cult author, is celebrated, but also hated and misunderstood. This documentary film tells his story and the story of the novel.