The Rules of Attraction

Name: The Rules of Attraction
SKU: 9781035012749
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Bret Easton Ellis

LITERATURE

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Coup de coeur (Literature), by Mariama

The Rules of Attraction is a black comedy following a handful of self-involved, sleazy, nihilistic and spoiled students on the bohemian campus of the fictional college of Camden in the eighties. Bret Easton Ellis turns the reader into a voyeur, as we are thrown mid-action (and literally mid-sentence) into the story, keeping us on our toes as the short chapters jump from one characters point of view to the next, as we witness the unfiltered inner monologues of each character constantly contradicting one another. This perspective highlights the subjectivity in everyones reality and the soulless individualism plaguing them all. Sometimes vexing, borderline offensive, down right disturbing, I would recommend checking the trigger warnings for this one.

Incisive, controversial and startlingly funny, The Rules of Attraction examines a group of affluent students at a small, self-consciously bohemian, liberal-arts college on America’s East Coast.

Lauren, who changes the man in her bed even more often than she changes course, is dating Victor but sleeping with Sean. Sean – cool, ambivalent and deeply cynical – might be in love with Lauren, but he’s not going to let that stop him from bedding Paul. Paul, as shrewd as he is passionate, is Lauren’s ex-lover and the final point in this curious triangle.

From the author of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis's The Rules of Attraction is a breathtaking tale of sex, expectation, desire and frustration.

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Binding: Paperback

Publication date: 19 Jan 2023

Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 24 mm

ISBN: 9781035012749