

It sent him into extremes of behavior that exposed just how conflicted his life had become. It forced him deep into his past, to confront not only the moral dimensions of his pickup lifestyle, but also a wrenching mystery in his childhood that shaped the man that he became. The choice was not only difficult, it was wrenching. That is, until he met the woman who forced him to choose between herself and the parade. But they also conditioned him to view the world as a kind of constant parade of women, sex, and opportunity-with intimacy and long-term commitment taking a back seat. The book jump-started the international “seduction community,” and made Strauss a household name-revered or notorious-among single men and women alike.īut the experience of writing The Game also transformed Strauss into a man who could have what every man wants: the ability to date or have casual sex with almost every woman he met.


Neil Strauss became famous to millions around the world as the author of The Game, a funny and slyly instructive account of how he transformed himself from a scrawny, insecure nerd into the ultra-confident, ultra-successful “pickup artist” known as Style.
