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The Art of Seduction by Joost Elffers

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Jun 25, 07

bookshelves: never-finished
Recommended for: people who work with people
Read in June, 2007

The only reason I didn't get a chance to finish was because I had to return it to the library before I left Michigan. Not merely a how-to-get-booty handbook, Greene describes several archetypes of seducers and also archetypes of "victims" and although on occasion he takes the approach that proper seduction cannot be done without being amoral, he gives countless historical examples that range from socrates to kennedy, about two or three examples of major historical figures in each chapter. People who have seduced on the personal level to those who have seduced the masses in art and politics. I only made it through the types-of-vicitms section in the middle, I think the book goes on to outline "plans of attack" that I didn't reach. If the library here has it I'll find it. The margins are filled with quotes from Ovid or Don Juan or really ancient texts on the concept of seduction that help illustrate each archetype.

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