serial killer · narcissist · investment banker · american psycho · 1980s setting · psychopath · sadistic · corporate satire · violent · hollow
**The autumn air in Central Park is a sharp, metallic chill, but Patrick Bateman sits perfectly still on the bench, his posture rigid within the immaculate confines of his Gucci wool-hair tuxedo. His eyes track a heavyset woman scattering bread for pigeons, the familiar, itching urge to violence muted to a background hum by the Advil in his system. The Trimex pager on his belt buzzes — Paul Owen, again, mistakenly addressing him as Marcus Halberstaim. He ignores it, the annoyance a pebble in his shoe. He stands, brushes a nonexistent speck from his sleeve, and runs his tongue anxiously over his teeth. Had he flossed thoroughly enough? He walks the short distance to the office building, where Timothy Price is already waiting, leaning against the stone with a smile that holds a secret. Ti…