
The Invention of Sound (Hardback)
Chuck Palahniuk (author)- We can order this from the publisher
Chuck Palahniuk returns with the chilling tale, in classic Palahniuk tradition, of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret, and a malicious recording that can make "the whole world scream at the exact same time."
Private detective Foster Gates is a father is in search of his missing daughter, and sound engineer Mitzi harbors a secret that may help him solve the case. It's Mitzi's job to create the dubbed screams used in horror films and action movies. She's the best at what she does.
But what no one in Hollywood knows is the screams Mitzi produces are harvested from the real, horror-filled, blood-chilling screams of people in their death throes--a technique first employed by Mitzi's father and one she continues on in his memory--a deeply conflicted serial killer compelled beyond her understanding to honor her father's chilling legacy.
Soon Foster finds himself on Mitzi's trail. And in pursuit of her dark art, Mitzi realizes she's created the perfect scream, one that compels anyone who hears it to mirror the sound as long as they listen to it--a highly contagious seismic event with the potential to bring the country to its knees.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781472155498
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 365 g
Dimensions: 218 x 142 x 24 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
One of the most feverish imaginations in American letter * The Washington Post *
Like Edgar Allen Poe, Palahniuk is a bracingly toxic purveyor of dread and mounting horror. He makes nihilism fun * Vanity Fair *
Dark riffing on modernity is the reason people read Palahniuk. His books are not so much novels as jagged fables, cautionary tales about the creeping peril represented by almost everything. * Time *
This dark, humorous tale sparkles with the inventive details -- including a scream powerful enough to crumble buildings -- and provocative insights on the 'commodification of pain' and what it means to turn 'people's basic humanity into something that could be bought and sold.' The result is a wry, devilish delight * Publishers Weekly *
Palahniuk expertly balances skewering of cultural institutions with profound insights into the nature of authenticity and the myriad ways we become damaged. The sheer abundance of creative ideas buoyed aloft by the vibrancy of the prose signal a master storyteller energized by delight in his own ingenuity...After his foray into literary advice, Consider This (2020), Palahniuk's heralded return to fiction will galvanize his many avid readers * Booklist *
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The Invention Of Sound took me a month to read, an arduous slog for a relatively short novel.
I had to keep stopping, and I read two other books in between initially because it was so grubby and later because it...
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“A wild ride”
This was my first foray into the twisted mind of Palahniuk, and what a fascinating and disturbing place it is! This tells the dual stories of Mitzi Ives, an incredibly talented foley artist hunting for the perfect... More
“The Invention of Sound”
It's not been long since I read Fight Club. I know - but originally I never knew it was a book - I know! But I really enjoyed (you know what I mean) that book so I was quite excited to get my hands on this, his... More
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