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Haunted

A Novel

By Chuck Palahniuk

(109)

| Paperback | 9781400032822

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Book Description

Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As thContinue

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Beating a retreat

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (404pp, Jonathan Cape, £12.99) After earlier novels such as Fight Club and Diary, it doesn't seem likely that anyone would pick up a book by Chuck Palahniuk incautiously, but even so the incautious should be warned. This mo ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

Haunted By Chuck Palahniuk

Evil lurks in Palahniuk's story collectionThe buzz about Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's new collection of linked short stories, Haunted, is the type that will either scare you off immediately or have you scratching at bookshop doors to get in th ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

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Much more than you would expect

While Palahniuk's books typically contain a lot more than meets the eye, I found this to be especially true of Haunted. While some of the stories may shock you (or even cause you to feel a little lightheaded, nauseous, or faint--believe me when I say you should always sit down while reading this boo ... (continue)

While Palahniuk's books typically contain a lot more than meets the eye, I found this to be especially true of Haunted. While some of the stories may shock you (or even cause you to feel a little lightheaded, nauseous, or faint--believe me when I say you should always sit down while reading this book), the brutal and gruesome nature of many of them explores human identity and nature, our presumptions about and expectations of life and what lies ahead, and above all, our desperate and unspoken desire for pain and suffering and a villain upon which to blame it. Deftly written, in true Palahniuk fashion.

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Funny, disgusting, thought-provoking - Palahniuk is a twisted genius!

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Jon Randy said on Jul 19, 2007 | Add your feedback

My first Palahniuk book, and I'm completely hooked.

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Linda said on Jul 8, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Chuck Palahniuk doesn't try to provide just a set of haunting stories here but a method of haunting you, with a series of disturbing tales which will always come back to get you at horrifying points of time. Weaving together each of these stories, is an overall plot about a group of writers trapped ... (continue)

Chuck Palahniuk doesn't try to provide just a set of haunting stories here but a method of haunting you, with a series of disturbing tales which will always come back to get you at horrifying points of time. Weaving together each of these stories, is an overall plot about a group of writers trapped in a retreat. This is definitely not recommend for anyone of a weak disposition, but if you're made of sterner stuff, enjoy! I certainly did.

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AkiraNone said on Mar 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

Simultaneously disturbing and tantalizing, Palahniuk creates characters that make you cringe and wonder at their disturbing lives.

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oleander said on Mar 2, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Homo Homini Lupus

"Man is a wolf to [his fellow] man", the frame story tells this, that we're the only villains in our story, although we desperately try to stand as the victimes and heroes...
I enjoyed all short stories in this book, as the cover says "by turns nauseating, darkly funny and brutally graphic", but it ... (continue)

"Man is a wolf to [his fellow] man", the frame story tells this, that we're the only villains in our story, although we desperately try to stand as the victimes and heroes...
I enjoyed all short stories in this book, as the cover says "by turns nauseating, darkly funny and brutally graphic", but it still took me a month to get through the entire book, meaning that I was not honestly looking forward to read more from it.

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Micol said on Jan 25, 2010 | Add your feedback