Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying,hilarious,mind-blowing,stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter. They are told by the people who have all answered an ad headlined'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of'real life'that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But'here'turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theatre where they are utterly isolated from the outside world - and where heat and power and,most importantly,food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become,the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight.
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Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099458371Number of pages: 432Weight: 298 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
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By turns nauseating,darkly funny and brutally graphicA triumph... A novel of exceptional originality... Wonderful... A remarkable book,the most original work of fiction this yearAn immensely skilful writerDeeply satirical,brutal and provocative,Haunted is harshly compulsive,eye-bleeding stuffI laughed until my ribs ached
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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