Snuff:
http://www.amazon.com/Snuff-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0385517882/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1The whole book takes place backstage at the filming of a 600-man gangbang porno. I pulled it down last night on my Kindle and blasted through the whole thing.
I liked it better than the time-travel weirdness of "Rant" or the wicker-man/harvest schtick in "Diary," but it wasn't as good as "Fight Club," "Survivor" or "Choke."
Also, he seems to have moved out of the realm of self-destuctive stuff people actually do, like underground fighting, religious fanaticism and sex addiction in favor of quirky shit nobody does, like the rabies-seeking and the food with dangerous shit cooked into it in "Rant" and the weird, extremely-precise model ghetto building in "Snuff."
http://mitchforth.blogspot.com/2008/05/chuck-palahniuks-snuff.htmlAnybody else read it? What do you think?
On a related note, I am kind of pissed that he is no longer personalizing books. He'll be showing up with a limited number of pre-signed books, and he will not be signing after the readings, at least not in big cities where crowds show up for his readings. That means you either have to wait to try to buy a signed (and not personalized) copy at the reading or you have to buy a second copy. I usually buy his stuff in hardcover, and I just bought the e-book this time, and saved $7 and having to wait until morning to read it.
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