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    <![CDATA[The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;This is one hugely entertaining book. I loved every page. And I will never let Neil Strauss within fifty feet of my wife.&quot;  --A. J. Jacobs, <em>Esquire<em>  <br/>  <br/>    <p>Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is <em>not<em> fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive, witty, and controversial books of the year--guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever.<p>   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 memorable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange – and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. <em>The Game<em> is the story of one man’s transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of the year.</em></em></p></em></em></p></em></em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fast-paced, very well-penned, fun, intriguing story of social psychology, nobodies becoming superstars, emotional self-destruction, and the birth of the seduction industry. Neil studies the art of the pickup from ground zero, starting under the wing of the famous Mystery, and then hopping from gur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47089290">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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