johnapril
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Everyone look to the left. Satan.I think the ambiguity is one of the things that makes the book good, or at least technically impressive. Â For the first half at least, I just assumed that all the killings were supposed to be "real." Â The clues only start to come together very late. Â When they did, it was almost like an epiphany. Â I was quite impressed with Ellis at that point.
My take has always been that the murders were definitely imagined. Â The ambiguity or subtlety is used not to confuse this issue, but to keep it secret from the reader for as long as possible. Â And also to show that Bateman at some point isn't even really sure himself.