Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories - Hardcover

Palahniuk, Chuck

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385504489 ISBN 13: 9780385504485

Publisher: Doubleday, 2004

Synopsis

A first nonfiction collection by the author of Fight Club documents encounters with Marilyn Manson and Juliette Lewis, the challenges faced by the author when Fight Club was made into a movie, the lives of submariners, the violent experiences of college wrestlers, and more.

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Review:

" Full of wonderful moments...Palahniuk's voice is so distinctive and intimate--he writes as though he is recounting a great story to a close friend." --"Los Angeles Times"

" Step into Palahniuk's dark worldview and watch for what crawls out. These stories are true to him and no one else." --"The Oregonian"
" One of the oddest and most oddly compelling collections to come along for some time." -- "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
" In Chuck Palahniuk' s world, the ride is fast, often disturbing, and there is never any holding back." -- "The New Orleans Times-Picayune"
" Eccentric, idiosyncratic, and often entertaining." -- "The Onion"
" Priceless grace notes from an exceptionally droll and sharp-eyed observer." --"The New York Times"
" Rarely does a collection of essays continually resonate with a main theme and accumulate a weight that would lead you to call it a great book. . . . This is a pretty great book." -- "The Seattle Times"
" The book's lurid appeal rests largely on being let in on Palahniuk's secrets, the raw material for much of his fiction. . . . Acts that give spice to his novels are made more menacing when encountered in the real world." --"Black Book"

"Full of wonderful moments...Palahniuk's voice is so distinctive and intimate--he writes as though he is recounting a great story to a close friend." --"Los Angeles Times"

"Step into Palahniuk's dark worldview and watch for what crawls out. These stories are true to him and no one else." --"The Oregonian"
"One of the oddest and most oddly compelling collections to come along for some time." --"The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"In Chuck Palahniuk's world, the ride is fast, often disturbing, and there is never any holding back." --"The New Orleans Times-Picayune"
"Eccentric, idiosyncratic, and often entertaining." --"The Onion"
"Priceless grace notes from an exceptionally droll and sharp-eyed observer." --"The New York Times"
"Rarely does a collection of essays continually resonate with a main theme and accumulate a weight that would lead you to call it a great book. . . . This is a pretty great book." --"The Seattle Times"
"The book's lurid appeal rests largely on being let in on Palahniuk's secrets, the raw material for much of his fiction. . . . Acts that give spice to his novels are made more menacing when encountered in the real world." --"Black Book"

"Full of wonderful moments...Palahniuk's voice is so distinctive and intimate--he writes as though he is recounting a great story to a close friend." --Los Angeles Times

"Step into Palahniuk's dark worldview and watch for what crawls out. These stories are true to him and no one else." --The Oregonian

"One of the oddest and most oddly compelling collections to come along for some time." --The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"In Chuck Palahniuk's world, the ride is fast, often disturbing, and there is never any holding back." --The New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Eccentric, idiosyncratic, and often entertaining." --The Onion

"Priceless grace notes from an exceptionally droll and sharp-eyed observer." --The New York Times

"Rarely does a collection of essays continually resonate with a main theme and accumulate a weight that would lead you to call it a great book. . . . This is a pretty great book." --The Seattle Times

"The book's lurid appeal rests largely on being let in on Palahniuk's secrets, the raw material for much of his fiction. . . . Acts that give spice to his novels are made more menacing when encountered in the real world." --Black Book

-Full of wonderful moments...Palahniuk's voice is so distinctive and intimate--he writes as though he is recounting a great story to a close friend.- --Los Angeles Times

-Step into Palahniuk's dark worldview and watch for what crawls out. These stories are true to him and no one else.- --The Oregonian

-One of the oddest and most oddly compelling collections to come along for some time.- --The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

-In Chuck Palahniuk's world, the ride is fast, often disturbing, and there is never any holding back.- --The New Orleans Times-Picayune

-Eccentric, idiosyncratic, and often entertaining.- --The Onion

-Priceless grace notes from an exceptionally droll and sharp-eyed observer.- --The New York Times

-Rarely does a collection of essays continually resonate with a main theme and accumulate a weight that would lead you to call it a great book. . . . This is a pretty great book.- --The Seattle Times

-The book's lurid appeal rests largely on being let in on Palahniuk's secrets, the raw material for much of his fiction. . . . Acts that give spice to his novels are made more menacing when encountered in the real world.- --Black Book

About the Author:

CHUCK PALAHNIUK's six novels are the bestselling Diary, Choke, Lullaby, Fight Club—which was made into a film by director David Fincher—Survivor, and Invisible Monsters. He is also the author of the nonfiction profile of Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, published as part of the Crown Journeys series. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0385504489
• ISBN 13: 9780385504485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 233