Arthur Rackham

Catcher in the Rye.

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."

-Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye.

"...there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory..."

One of my favourite books of all time would most certainly have to be Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho. I think Ellis is blossoming into one of my all time favourite authors. I read Lunar Park over Christmas, it terrified me and pretty much broke my heart. I'm currently reading Less Than Zero; protagonist is almost there... It's difficult to explain but it's pretty evident that Ellis has made Clay 'less' on purpose. Every time that Clay slips up (emotionally) I want to hold on to his every word.
But, as I said, American Psycho is my all time favourite. It's hilarious, satirical and horrendously violent and pornographic. I think what I loved most about the book was that Patrick Bateman was constantly on the verge of absolute madness, and every time he was tipping over the edge, about to slip, you were on there on the edge with him begging him to come back.

Once I've finished Less Than Zero I'm going to dive into The Informers (in courtesy of Emily, my good friend). Me and Emily are both very excited about Ellis's next novel- Imperial Bedrooms, a sequel to Less Than Zero. The first line of Imperial Bedrooms has been released:

"They had made a movie about us."