Portrait of a Killer as a Young Man: Patrick Bateman. Patricia Cornwell.
The long awaited biography of the most enduring myths of the American Dream: the young bussines who became vicepresident of the USA and who almost reached the presidency when an unexpected air crash left him in a vegetative state since then. In her book, however, Mrs Cornwell throws a new light upon vicepresident Bateman: according to the controversial writer, in his "secret life", the former vicepresident was a serial killer who murdered a variety of people, from colleagues from work to several prostitutes. His crimes, including rape, torture, murder and cannibalism, are described in gruesome detail in the book.