Cribbing from Cruel Intentions - Man, it must be nice to have friends in the publishing industry. You can write a post-millenial bildungsroman based loosely on your preppy upbringing and send it off to your dad's best friend, who happens to be a publisher. Voila! You're the Brett Easton Ellis of Generation Y. Combine the hype with this kid's good looks, and he should get invited to all the right parties at Harvard.