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Lauren, who changes her course subject every time she changes her sleeping partner, is the centre of a curious love triangle which involves the shrewd and passionate bisexual Paul, and Sean whose ambivalence and cynicism conceal - even from himself - his own romantic yearnings. Through each of the character ́s voices Ellis presents a kaleidoscopic view of clashing expectations and frustrations, of the dreams and tumultuous desires of youth. ''The rules of attraction'' paints a poignant and sometimes hilarious picture of the couplings and capitulations, the dramas and downfalls of american college life in the 1980s.
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The Rules of Attraction, Bret Easton Ellis
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- The Rules of Attraction
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Released
- 1988
- ISBN10
- 0330301861
- ISBN13
- 9780330301862
- Category
- World prose
- First published
- 1987
- Original title
- The Rules of Attraction
- Description
- Lauren, who changes her course subject every time she changes her sleeping partner, is the centre of a curious love triangle which involves the shrewd and passionate bisexual Paul, and Sean whose ambivalence and cynicism conceal - even from himself - his own romantic yearnings. Through each of the character ́s voices Ellis presents a kaleidoscopic view of clashing expectations and frustrations, of the dreams and tumultuous desires of youth. ''The rules of attraction'' paints a poignant and sometimes hilarious picture of the couplings and capitulations, the dramas and downfalls of american college life in the 1980s.