Rules Of Attraction
Author: Bret Easton Ellis
This novel offers a satirical yet bleak vision of the modern world – a world devoted to conspicuous consumption and consumer-as-king culture – and highlights the feelings of futility and superficiality that mark an entire generation…..Read More
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