The Rules of Attraction
1998 · book
Set at a small affluent liberal-arts college in New England eighties, The Rules of Attractionis a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future--or even the present--who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle. Bret 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. The Rules of Attractionis a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance.