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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. A great numb feeling washes over me as i let go of the past and look forward to the future. He is a selfproclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. This movie is based on the novel of the same name by bret easton ellis. Pdf the rules of attraction book by bret easton ellis. Im sitting in the boys room, in some plush chair, already dressed in this gray suit and silk red tie i bought at bigsby. Bret easton ellis is the author of five previous novels including, less than zero, the rules of attraction, american psycho, glamorama, and lunar park, and a collection of stories, the informers. The rules of attraction by bret easton ellis, paperback.
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