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Bret Easton Ellis

Limited to 750 copies worldwide

American Psycho (Limited Edition)

US$640

Illustrated by David Hughes

Introduced By Irvine Welsh

Afterword by the author

Bret Easton Ellis’s cult classic is unleashed in a bold new limited edition, fully illustrated by David Hughes. Bound in leather and housed in a pinstripe-lined clamshell box, this dark satire of 1980s excess comes complete with Patrick Bateman’s infamous business card – sharp, stylish and deeply unsettling.

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American Psycho (Limited Edition)

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Book Details
 
Production DetailsBound in white leather blocked with lettering by David Hughes
Printed in red and black ink throughout
Printed endpapers
Ribbon marker
Hand-splattered book edges
Letterpress printed label signed by the author
Presented in a clamshell box covered in Skivertex material, screen-printed with a design by the artist
Presentation box lined in printed Savile Row Plain Blue paper with a letterpress printed business card in pocket
Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches
Pages512 pages
AuthorBret Easton Ellis
Illustrated byDavid Hughes
IllustrationFrontispiece and 8 colour illustrations by David Hughes, 4 of which are double-page spreads
Publication Date03/02/2026
PrintingLimited to 750 copies
Editor's Notes
 
Famous and controversial even before its release, American Psycho is one of the most vilified and celebrated novels of the late 20th century. Both disturbing and thought-provoking, the novel forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about identity, materialism and our modern capitalist society, and by marrying Bret Easton Ellis's divisive and dangerous text with David Hughes's funny and disturbing illustrations, this the perfect edition of the satire on American yuppie culture of the 1980s.
Synopsis
 
In this controversial cult classic, Bret Easton Ellis crafts a razor-sharp, darkly comic portrait of Manhattan's elite at the height of 1980s consumerism. Through the chilling perspective of Patrick Bateman, a young investment banker who appears to have it all, Ellis clinically dissects a world obsessed with status and appearance, exposing the horrifying emptiness that lies beneath the glitz and polished surfaces. As compelling as it is provocative, American Psycho is not merely a brilliantly written character study: it is a powerful satirical critique of an entire cultural moment, revealing the disturbing consequences of emotional erasure, moral decay and unchecked excess.

Production Details

About the Book

Housed in a clamshell box, screen-printed with a design by David Hughes

Patrick Bateman's business card: Letterpress printed in US card size (and recreating original spelling mistakes)

Edges are hand splattered so each book has a unique inked effect

Letterpress limitation label signed by the author

Bound in white leather and blocked with bespoke lettering by the artist

Frontispiece and 8 colour illustrations by David Hughes

Clamshell box lined in printed Savile Row Plain Blue paper with a printed business card in pocket

About the Illustrator

David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He studied at Twickenham College of Technology, earning a first class honours in illustration, and went on to work as a graphic designer at Granada Television in Manchester. He left Granada in 1985 to become a full-time illustrator, earning commissions from Walker Books, the Observer Magazine and The New Yorker, among others. In 1999 he won the D&AD; Silver Award for his illustrations for Othello, and in 2010 Walking the Dog, his graphic novel about the daily life of an illustrator, won the Association of Illustrators Critic's Award. For The Folio Society he has illustrated Count Belisarius (2010), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (2012), Juvenal's The Sixteen Satires (2014), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2015) and American Psycho (2026).

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About the Illustrator

David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He studied at Twickenham College of Technology, earning a first class honours in illustration, and went on to work as a graphic designer at Granada Television in Manchester. He left Granada in 1985 to become a full-time illustrator, earning commissions from Walker Books, the Observer Magazine and The New Yorker, among others. In 1999 he won the D&AD; Silver Award for his illustrations for Othello, and in 2010 Walking the Dog, his graphic novel about the daily life of an illustrator, won the Association of Illustrators Critic's Award. For The Folio Society he has illustrated Count Belisarius (2010), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (2012), Juvenal's The Sixteen Satires (2014), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2015) and American Psycho (2026).

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About the Illustrator

David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He studied at Twickenham College of Technology, earning a first class honours in illustration, and went on to work as a graphic designer at Granada Television in Manchester. He left Granada in 1985 to become a full-time illustrator, earning commissions from Walker Books, the Observer Magazine and The New Yorker, among others. In 1999 he won the D&AD; Silver Award for his illustrations for Othello, and in 2010 Walking the Dog, his graphic novel about the daily life of an illustrator, won the Association of Illustrators Critic's Award. For The Folio Society he has illustrated Count Belisarius (2010), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (2012), Juvenal's The Sixteen Satires (2014), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2015) and American Psycho (2026).

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About the Illustrator

David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He studied at Twickenham College of Technology, earning a first class honours in illustration, and went on to work as a graphic designer at Granada Television in Manchester. He left Granada in 1985 to become a full-time illustrator, earning commissions from Walker Books, the Observer Magazine and The New Yorker, among others. In 1999 he won the D&AD; Silver Award for his illustrations for Othello, and in 2010 Walking the Dog, his graphic novel about the daily life of an illustrator, won the Association of Illustrators Critic's Award. For The Folio Society he has illustrated Count Belisarius (2010), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (2012), Juvenal's The Sixteen Satires (2014), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2015) and American Psycho (2026).

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About the Illustrator

David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He studied at Twickenham College of Technology, earning a first class honours in illustration, and went on to work as a graphic designer at Granada Television in Manchester. He left Granada in 1985 to become a full-time illustrator, earning commissions from Walker Books, the Observer Magazine and The New Yorker, among others. In 1999 he won the D&AD; Silver Award for his illustrations for Othello, and in 2010 Walking the Dog, his graphic novel about the daily life of an illustrator, won the Association of Illustrators Critic's Award. For The Folio Society he has illustrated Count Belisarius (2010), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (2012), Juvenal's The Sixteen Satires (2014), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2015) and American Psycho (2026).

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Bret Easton Ellis is a best-selling author, screenwriter and social commentator. He is the author of six novels, a collection of short stories, and a work of non-fiction, including Less Than Zero (1985), American Psycho (1991; Folio 2026), Glamorama (1998), Lunar Park (2005), Imperial Bedrooms (2010), White (2019) and most recently, The Shards (2023). His work has been translated into 32 languages.

Born in Edinburgh in 1958, Irvine Welsh trained as an electrician before moving to London where he studied computer science. He later returned to Edinburgh and took an MBA at Heriot-Watt University. A writer, screenwriter, journalist and DJ, Welsh’s first novel, Trainspotting (1993) remains his most successful work and was adapted for the screen by Danny Boyle. Other books include Marabou Stalk Nightmares (1995), Glue (2001) and Porno (2002); a sequel to Trainspotting.

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