Lyric discussion by lewislewis 

Cover art for Patrick Bateman lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

Patrick Bateman is the protagonist in Bret Easton Ellis's Novel ' American Psycho'. If you aren't familiar with the content and themes of the book, it's a satire/fantasy/horror story deconstructing affluent white 80's America. If that sounds like a cliche now remember it wasn't at the time. Nice mention of an earlier Ellis novel 'Less Than Zero' in the third line too :)