num_pages: 283
description: From the bestselling author of American Psycho comes this satirical black comedy about the death of romance.Set at an affluent liberal arts college during the height of the Reagan eighties, The Rules of Attraction follows a handful of rowdy, spoiled, sexually promiscuous students with no plans for the future—or even the present. Three of them—Sean, Paul, and Lauren—become involved in a love triangle of sorts within a sequence of drug runs, "Dressed to Get Screwed" parties, and "End of the World" parties.As Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at the self-consciously bohemian Camden College, treating their sexual posturing and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion, he exposes the moral vacuum at the center of their lives.
language: English
title: The Rules of Attraction
titlecomplete: The Rules of Attraction
characters: Paul Denton, Sean Bateman, Victor Johnson, Rupert Guest, Lauren Hynde, Patrick Bateman
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, LGBT, Novels, Queer, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 46029
places: New Hampshire
publisher: Vintage Contemporaries