I don’t know what I’m going to do, but it will not be rational. I can’t tell you what this feels like, he choked out between sobs. And Mystery’s rampage during the last few days had left the rest of the place totaled and the residents petrified. Cigarette butts and used condoms floated grimly in the Jacuzzi. The white carpet had gone gray from the constant traffic of young, perfumed humanity herded in off Sunset Boulevard every night. The sofas and dozens of throw pillows lining the floor of the sunken living room were fetid and discolored with the sweat of men and the juices of women. Even our mansion, like the others we had spawned everywhere from San Francisco to Sydney, had a nickname. We never used our real names-only our aliases. Boys and men came from every corner of the globe to shake our hands, take photos with us, learn from us, be us. There were five of us living in the house: Herbal, Mystery, Papa, Playboy, and me. And now he was threatening to kill himself. For a week, he’d been vacillating between periods of extreme anger and violence, and jags of fitful, cathartic sobbing. I beg you for your forgiveness in advance.ĭoors were split and smashed off their hinges walls were dented in the shape of fists, phones, and flowerpots Herbal was hiding in a hotel room scared for his life and Mystery was collapsed on the living room carpet crying. Have all asked the same questions: IS THIS TRUE? DID IT REALLY HAPPEN? ARE THESE GUYS FOR REAL?Īn old literary device. Those who have read early drafts of this book If you are reading this, I want you to know that I wasn’t running game on you. Read moreĭedicated to the thousands of people I talked to in bars, clubs, malls, airports, grocery stores, subways, and elevators over the last two years. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of this generation. And then things really start to get strange-and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the last decade-guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author and journalist, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. They live together in houses known as Projects. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair.
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