Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who'saves you'will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives. Multiply that a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy flow of cheques,week in,week out. Victor also works at a theme park with a motley group of losers,cruises sex addiction groups for action,and visits his mother,whose Alzheimer's disease now hides what may be the startling truth about his parentage.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099422686Number of pages: 304Weight: 213 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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Palahniuk's grotesque,exaggerated portrait of American society certainly isn't pretty,but it grips like a vice all the sameA wonderful writer with a raw take on modern woesMining a dark vein opened by Bret Easton Ellis and George Saunders,Palahniuk specialises in producing nightmarish visions of American society that manage to be both repugnant and hilarious - the reckless brilliance of his imagination keeps you turning the pagesA raw and vital book,punctuated with outrageous,off-the-wall momentsThe pungent imagery,the witty twists,the chunky rhythms are great
Chuck Palahniuk
Known primarily for his controversial,transgressive fiction - in particular his 1996 novel Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk is a bestselling American novelist and journalist. Written after his first novel,Invisible Monsters was rejected by major publishers,Fight Club went on to be adapted into a cult film,winning Palahniuk a legion of fans. His other works include Choke,Survivor,Lullaby - which was famously inspired by the murder of his father by a former convict - Rant,Snuff,Haunted, Damned,Doomed,Fight Club 2 and Adjustment Day.
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