Staff Pick
Aging porn queen Cassie Wright plans to retire on a high note by having sex, on film, with 600 men. Yes, the title is Snuff, but it's not what you think. Not for the faint of heart, the graphic content is raunchy, bizarre, and shocking, but also hysterically funny. While Palahniuk can be an acquired taste, he is at his very best here. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
“Six hundred dudes. One porn queen. A world record for the ages. A must-have movie for every discerning collector of things erotic.”
Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room. This wild, lethally funny, and thoroughly researched novel brings the huge yet underacknowledged presence of pornography in contemporary life into the realm of literary fiction at last. Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would dare do such a thing? Who else could do it so well, so unflinchingly, and with such an incendiary (you might say) climax?
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Chuck Palahniuk is the bestselling author of seven novels:
Haunted,
Lullaby,
Fight Club - which was made into a film by director David Fincher -
Diary,
Survivor,
Invisible Monsters, and
Choke. He is also the author of the nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon,
Fugitives and Refugees, published as part of the Crown Journeys series, and the nonfiction collection
Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
From the Hardcover edition.