Sophisticated, subtle and humorous, Techniques of Seduction is a poignant love story of sexual intrigue, and a gripping plot with a wickedly unexpected ending. Roberto Bata, frustrated by his dead-end journalistic career, is attempting to write a novel. His ingenuous yet perceptive novel-in-progress is brought to the attention of charismatic celebrity-author Marco Polidori, a literary icon who offers himself as mentor, urging Roberto to give up his job and move to Rome to complete his novel. Once in Rome, Roberto is trapped in a web of corruption and intrigue, encountering double-dealing characters and money-laundering within the backbiting milieu of TV, cinema and stage. Roberto will experience temptations beyond his control before discovering he may have lost everything he'd ever dreamt of accomplishing...