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Choke

By Palahniuk, Chuck
Choke
"Fight Club" established Palahniuk as a brilliant satirist of deranged times. Victor Mancini, the protagonist of his new novel"Choke, " needs to pay for elder care for his mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. An antihero for millennial America, Victor finds that his whole existence is a struggle to wrest an identity from overwhelming forces.

Details

Authors: Palahniuk, Chuck
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780385720922
ISBN10: 0385720920
Page Count: 304
Dimensions: 5.2x0.7x7.95
Publisher: Vintage
Jacket Notes: Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be "saved" by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, go on to send checks to support him. When he's not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park. His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.

Strand Notes

To pay for elder care for his Alzheimer's-suffering mother, the protagonist in this outlandish allegory runs a pretend choking scam in upscale restaurants, resulting in checks in the mail from those who rescue him and feel responsible for saving his life. When he's not working this con, Victor Mancini works at a colonial theme park, cruises sexual addiction workshops for action, and visits his mother in the hopes of determining the truth of his paternity. "A jump-cutcinema of the diseased imagination." 294p. Pap.

Description

To pay for elder care for his Alzheimer's-suffering mother, the protagonist in this outlandish allegory runs a pretend choking scam in upscale restaurants, resulting in checks in the mail from those who rescue him and feel responsible for saving his life. When he's not working this con, Victor Mancini works at a colonial theme park, cruises sexual addiction workshops for action, and visits his mother in the hopes of determining the truth of his paternity. "A jump-cutcinema of the diseased imagination." 294p. Pap.
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