From the New York Times bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students at a small, affluent liberal arts college in New England with no plans for the future—or even the present—who become entangled in a romantic triangle. “An extraordinary writer.” —LA Weekly

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. She might or might not be writing anonymous love letters 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. Paul, Lauren's ex, is forthrightly bisexual, and his passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted, racing 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.

The basis for the major motion picture starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, and Kate Bosworth.

Look for Bret Easton Ellis's new novel, The Shards, coming in January.