{"product_id":"rules-attraction-easton-ellis-9780671622343","title":"The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo years ago, Bret Easton Ellis' stunning first novel, \u003cem\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/em\u003e, became a sensational nationwide best-seller. Hailed as \"electrifying\" (Publishers Weekly) and \"exceptional\" (the Los Angeles Times), it established its twenty-year-old author as an \"original, abundantly talented\" (The Wall Street Journal) new voice in American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rules of Attraction: A Novel by Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Ellis returns with \u003cem\u003eThe Rules of Attraction\u003c\/em\u003e, a startling departure from his earlier novel in mood and sensibility. Set at a small liberal arts college in New England, it is a rueful but amusing look at three students entangled in a curious romantic triangle: Lauren, who changes her major every time she changes boyfriends; Paul, who is forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism; and, at the center, Sean, whose ambivalence and cynicism conceal-even from himself-his own romantic yearnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough vignettes told in each of the characters' voices, we have a kaleidoscopic view of clashing expectations and crushing frustrations, of adolescent dreams fueled by inchoate desires. We also get a glimpse of the absurdities of contemporary campus life, where Thirsty Thursdays fade into Pre-Saturday Night Parties, where it's either T\u003cem\u003ehe End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe Graveyard on Fridays\u003c\/em\u003e, and where it's all right to spend the night-so long as you don't have to eat breakfast together. \u003cem\u003eThe Rules of Attraction\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant and often hilarious-evocation of the death of romance in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBret Easton Ellis is the author of \u003cem\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a graduate of Bennington College and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCredit: \u003c\/strong\u003eGeorge Corsillo, Ian Gittler\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50710257500475,"sku":"067162234X","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/rules-attraction-bret-easton-ellis-9780671622343.jpg?v=1762876699","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/rules-attraction-easton-ellis-9780671622343","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}