{"product_id":"the-rules-of-attraction-isbn-9780679781486","title":"The Rules of Attraction","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author or \u003ci\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e—a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England with no plans for the future—or even the present—who become entangled in a romantic triangle. • “An extraordinary writer.” —\u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturings and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion while exposing the moral vacuum at the center of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLauren changes boyfriends every time she changes majors and still pines for Victor who split for Europe months ago and she might or might not be writing anonymous love letter to ambivalent, hard-drinking Sean, a hopeless romantic who only has eyes for Lauren, even if he ends up in bed with half the campus, and Paul, Lauren's ex, forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted, race from Thirsty Thursday Happy Hours to Dressed To Get Screwed parties to drinks at The Edge of the World or The Graveyard. The Rules of Attraction is a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe basis for the major motion picture starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, and Kate Bosworth.\"Inspired. A wonderfully comic novel.\" --Gore Vidal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ellis is, first and last, a moralist. Under cover of his laconic voice, every word in his [novels] springs from grieving outrage at our spiritual condition.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Serves to establish Mr. Ellis's reputation further as one of the primary inside sources in upper-middle-class America's continuing investigation of what has happened to its children.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eBRET EASTON ELLIS is the author of \u003ci\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Attraction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Informers, Glamorama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLunar Park\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eImperial Bedrooms\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated into twenty-seven languages. \u003ci\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Attraction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Informers\u003c\/i\u003e have all been made into films. He lives in Los Angeles.By the Bestselling Author of American Psycho","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304756007141,"sku":"NP9780679781486","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679781486.jpg?v=1767741293","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rules-of-attraction-isbn-9780679781486","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}