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Survivor: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

Average based on 1 comment. Synopses & Reviews Read the Powells.com Interview with Chuck Palahniuk Customer Comments (1) ISBN13: 9780393047028 ISBN10: 0393047024 All Product Details

 

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Tender Branson — last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult" — is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, Saved from Salvation, and the even better selling Book of Very Common Prayer (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll even share his insight that "the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Landfill — a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.

Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night and Jerzy Kosinski's Being There has there been as black and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak, and it marks him as a blazing talent for the new millennium.

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From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life.

Synopsis:

Tender Branson'"last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult'"is dictating his life story into Flight 2039"s recorder. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah. Unpredictable and unforgettable, Survivoris Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak: a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world.

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk, the author of many novels including Fight Club, which was made into a movie directed by David Fincher, as well as Invisible Monsters, Diary, Lullaby, Choke, Pygmy, and Survivor. He lives in Washington State.

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Clark, October 1, 2007 (view all comments by Clark)
This book is easily one of the best novels I have ever read. Survivor is just as good as Fight Club, both are equally entertaining. Palahniuk paints vivid characters and settings with his words, you do not have to struggle to imagine who or what he incorporates into his books. This book takes aim with religious fanatics and the obsession over the apocalypse. Chuck Palahniuk offers refreshing and new ways of looking at the world, and Survivor definately does not disappoint. I do not want to give away details of the book, because I cannot do it justice. Try this book, sit back and relax as you enjoy what is going on in the mind of this talented writer.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780393047028

Author:

Palahniuk, Chuck

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Authorship

Subject:

Autobiography

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Subject:

Cults

Subject:

Satire

Subject:

Suicide victims

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Adventure

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Publication Date:

19990231

Binding:

Hardcover

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

304

Dimensions:

8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2 in 1.075 lb

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Product details 304 pages W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated - 1999-02-00 English 9780393047028 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Norton, From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life.

"Synopsis" by Hold All, Tender Branson'"last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult'"is dictating his life story into Flight 2039"s recorder. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah. Unpredictable and unforgettable, Survivoris Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak: a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world.