The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists [Hardcover]

 

 

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Strippers. Liquid lounge womanizers. It has you hooked in seconds. With each page turned, the alluring to creepy Casanova villains and victims come alive. Drinks are shaken not stirred. Jacuzzis overflowing with blondes. Miniskirts and thongs slice the heated air, hanging from the ceiling fan. The Game is a fast-paced, mesmerizing tale of a underground secret society. A study in social psychology, transformations from nerd to stud, emotional self-destruction, evolving into the creation of the seduction industry.

Investigative journalist Neil Strauss of Rolling Stone/NY Times fame provides an exhilarating memoir as he submerses himself in the shadowy lair of pickup artists. Bizarre. Alluring. It`s a cult-like subculture of hipsters who've cracked the persuasion code. Lives dedicated to seducing as many women as possible. Unpredictable story lines. A flurry of celebs. Replete with a stunningly bizarre cast of narcissistic and yet colorful characters.

But this is not a tale of the skills he obtains, or the women he seduces.

It's a journey of self discovery. It's the tale of the men he befriends, lives with and works with in his quest of becoming a master pickup artist. It's about male bonding and relationships. It's about the emotional trauma the men experience by devoting their lives to the pick up artist endeavor.

Neil's assignment is ironic. He was born a nerdish, unconfident geek. Despite having two bestsellers under his belt, he was a self-described chick repellant. Short, bald, skinny, with a big schnoz. Painfully shy, Neil is as miles away from a world-class womanizer. He schooled for 3 years at a womens college (Vassar) and never had a girlfriend.

He dives in headfirst, burns the midnight oil reading three boxes of persuasion books. He studies aura, handwriting analysis, palm reading, magic tricks, and posts online all day in the seduction message boards. Taken under the wings of the self-proclaimed greatest pickup artists, he researches techniques, obsessively testing gaming theories in clubs seven days a week.

His professional wingman is a charismatic diminutive figure, one Erick Von Markovick, aka Mystery. Mystery is king of the PUAs, with a worldwide following of disciples and students. An outlandish dresser and swashbuckling self-promoter, Mystery single-handedly invents an entire language of acronyms and jargon and field techniques for speed seduction. He adapts group dynamics, reverse psychology and neurolinguistic programming into conversation to subconsciously seduce, in a sleight of hand fashion. Under his tutoring, PUAs perfect a slavish dependency on routines and patterns until they become successful social marketing robots.

In a scant two years, Neil transforms from journalist loner into "Style", a legendary seducer. The seduction community evolves from merely an anonymous online forum into an overnight lucrative business. Soon Mystery and Strauss are world known as the pre-eminent social scientists of attraction. Neil has them set up shop at Project Hollywood - holding court in Dean Martin's old Hollywood Hills mansion. The snake oil characters who frequent the sex frat include a bizarre cast of characters. Mystery, and various luminaries with handles like Juggler and Papa, Sweater, Matador, Juggler and J Dog. It becomes a revolving door for parties, celebs, and loose women. Home to an unknown number of roommates. Even Courtney Love moves in. Tom Cruise lectures Neil about their methods; Neil reminds him he did a movie glamorizing Neil's new lifestyle. (Magnolia). Heidi Fleiss gets in a competition to pick up women, and ends up losing, so she c*blocks Neil at every turn. Paris Hilton and Britney Spears get number closed for dates.

But in the end, Neil discovers "The Game" is a dangerous obsessive Pandora's box. The players are fiercely competitive, full of Machiavellian tactics. The seductive power can corrupt, and bedding babes by the dozens may not lead to self satisfaction. And he loses himself in the insatiable elixir of seduction and lust.

Spellbinding, can only describe the trials and tribulations inside the secret fraternity. Neil gets his bestseller, which has been optioned by a Hollywood studio. Despite the creepy environment, you sense he is a genuine decent human being. He is self-deprecating, and shares his failings and frustrations. He manages to retain sight in the bizarre nature of his surrounding in which he is now embedded. But in the end, he suffers dark reflections on who and what he has become. He feels hollow at the dehumanization of women...and of himself. He loses the respect of women the more successful he is at seducing them. He is passionate about women, but comes to hate being Style.

And his posse of clandestine lady killers experience hedonistic highs, and devastating lows in the aftermath of their endeavors. The emotional toll on the crew is sobering. Project Hollywood becomes a commune infested with inter-community rivalries, dysfunctional neurotic behavior, and complete nervous breakdowns. It all eventually implodes. Neil meets his now steady girlfriend Lisa (the drummer in Courtney Love's band), and decides to retire Style.

The Game is a raunchy expose of epic proportions of a seriously twisted subculture. Strauss pens it in an addictive seductive style. Magnificently crafted with characters and emotions. You share his inner journalist voice as if it's your own. Damn near impossible to put this book down.

Others in the pick up genre you should pick up;
The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed

Written by the guru of the seduction community. His encyclopedia-like book reads like a PHD college course on seduction. It is the template for what Strauss uses in the Game. It lays out the techniques, terminology, and methodology for anyone to learn.

The Professional Bachelor Dating Guide - How to Exploit Her Inner Psycho
A hilarious, devious sexual persuasion guide for hooking up, written by a psych doc lounge lizard who conquered the nightclubs for decades. It includes a world bachelor party vacation guide, and an asset protection guide to set up pre-marriage to shield you from divorce.

I'd recommend you get all three. Prepare to get shocked, to laugh and to learn.

This book is a really good read and i would highly recommend to anyone looking for a real story with lots of juicy details. The book was in excellent condition and i received it very quickly!

I bought this book out of curiosity and frankly, it is hilarious. The story of this guy who becomes the world number one pick-up artist, after meeting a serie of disfunctional people, is very unlikely but somehow very captivating. I could not put this book down until I finished it (after about 3 days...). However, I have some doubts about the reality of all the incidents described in the book. Recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still reeling...
So this book has it all:
1) Ugly duckling
2) Sex (lots of it)
3) the villian
4) the girl
5) intrige and suspense
6) drama
7) self-help... Read more

Published 6 days ago by Julie Barnard

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
I will recomend it to everyone.
i really like this book have read it couple of times . Got it for other friends as gifts.

Published 1 month ago by Mr. M. Qasim

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative yet humorous
A very educational entrance into this world! Defiantely worth the read. Have picked up a few good routines from this and routines that are comfortable to execute. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Matty

5.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner.
Some of the reviews I read seemed to suggest that this was perhaps a work of fiction, but upon reading I didn't get that impression in the least. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Mr. Dan M. Littlewood

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
It was fascinating to find out there's a whole secret army out there living an unusual type of life. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Grenadared

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant,
I bought this for a friend while they were doing their ski season abroad, but before I sent it I started reading the first chapter. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Imogen

5.0 out of 5 stars TOP DRAW
TOP DRAW lol was doing ok in the lady section but was still producing school boy errors.
thank you. Great read very insightful opened my eyes to a few things. Read more

Published 4 months ago by MR C

5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonedrful! xD
The book is a great book and hold loads of secrets, tips and routines. The trouble for somepeople may have is the fact that it's all in story form. Read more

Published 4 months ago by JPD

5.0 out of 5 stars Read for 2 hours...
I am only on page 150 and it's been an enjoyable read! I am the kind of person that will only ever read non-fiction books but bought this more for a laugh than to actually 'learn'... Read more

Published 4 months ago by N. Bell

4.0 out of 5 stars The Game
Pretty good, don't know how much of it is true or not. Makes for good banter with the lads! sgfdg

Published 4 months ago by oliw175

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