Publisher Description
Robert Greene’s previous bestseller, The 48 Laws of Power, distilled 3,000 years of scheming into a guide People praised as “beguiling… literate… fascinating” and Kirkus denounced as “an anti-Book of Virtues.” In Art of Seduction, Greene returns with a new instruction book on the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power—because seduction isn’t really about sex. It’s about manipulating other people’s greatest weakness: their desire for pleasure. Synthesizing the work of thinkers including Freud, Diderot, Nietzsche, and Einstein, reporting the enticing strategies of characters throughout history, The Art of Seduction is a comprehensive guide to getting what we want—any way we can.
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“This book was fascinating!!! I couldn’t put it down. While I’m not sure I could ever actually implement the strategies and carry out a seduction, it gave me lots of good ideas on how to deal with people and win them over to my point of view in a way they will actually enjoy. I think the Machiavellian slant is kind of funny. If you’re really so cold and calculating about it, the seduction turns into nothing more than a power game really, and what’s the fun in that? I sort of felt like smacking him over the head and saying HELLOOOOOO in that regard. But I found the profiles, archetypes, strategies, and anecdotes absolutely fascinating. I want to read the rest of his books now.”
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Alexandra (4 out of 5 stars)
