The rules of attraction
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 1998.
ISBN
067978148X, 9780679781486
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bensenville Community Public Library District - Fiction | ELLIS | On Shelf |
Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | ELLIS | Checked out |
Matteson Area Public Library District - Stacks | FIC ELLIS | On Shelf |
Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | FICTION ELLIS, BRET EASTON | Checked out |
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Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 1998.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
067978148X, 9780679781486
Notes
General Note
Note: FIRST PAGE OF TEXT STARTS IN MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE, THIS IS THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE & INTENTIONALLY STARTS ON PAGE 13
Description
Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the height of the Reagan 80s, the book is 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. Lauren 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellis, B. E. (1998). The rules of attraction (First Vintage Contemporaries edition.). Vintage Contemporaries.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Bret Easton. 1998. The Rules of Attraction. Vintage Contemporaries.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Bret Easton. The Rules of Attraction Vintage Contemporaries, 1998.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Bret Easton. The Rules of Attraction First Vintage Contemporaries edition., Vintage Contemporaries, 1998.
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