<p><b>Incisive, controversial and startlingly funny, <i>The Rules of Attraction</i> examines a group of affluent students at a small, self-consciously bohemian, liberal-arts college on America’s East Coast.</b><br><br>Lauren, who changes the man in her bed even more often than she changes course, is dating Victor but sleeping with Sean. Sean – cool, ambivalent and deeply cynical – might be in love with Lauren, but he’s not going to let that stop him from bedding Paul. Paul, as shrewd as he is passionate, is Lauren’s ex-lover and the final point in this curious triangle.<br><br><b>From the author of <i>American Psycho</i>, Bret Easton Ellis's <i>The Rules of Attraction</i> is a breathtaking tale of sex, expectation, desire and frustration.<br><br>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b>&l