/lit/ - Literature

If you happen to read some of Ellis' other books, you might have noticed that all of them, including American Psycho, are connected to each other. That means a couple of characters of one book may also appear in another one.

Now if you remember, the guy Patrick supposedly killed ( Paul Owen) is still alive in the end, as Pats lawyer met him a long time after Pat "finished" him. But because of the "murder", Pat gets to know the PI Kimball (think that was the name) who interrogates him because of his friend's mysterious disappearance. But he didn't kill him so he should've never met Kimball, right?

So how come Kimball appears in another book, which as we know is connected to AP? Patrick shouldn't know of his existence. Did I make a mistake or am I right?