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Choke (Paperback)

Chuck Palahniuk (author)

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Paperback 304 Pages / Published: 01/08/2002

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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 Publishing
ISBN: 9780099422686
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 213 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

"Palahniuk's grotesque, exaggerated portrait of American society certainly isn't pretty, but it grips like a vice all the same" * The Times *
"A wonderful writer with a raw take on modern woes" * The Face *
"Mining 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 pages" * Literary Review *
"A raw and vital book, punctuated with outrageous, off-the-wall moments" * New York Times *
"The pungent imagery, the witty twists, the chunky rhythms are great" * Financial Times *

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.