![]() Let’s talk horror and start with Beautiful You, especially that opening scene, which involves a rape. Palahniuk is a native of the Pacific Northwest, where he teaches writing and is involved with writing workshops. His latest works are the novel Beautiful You, which he has called “a hybridization of chick lit,” and the anthology Burnt Tongues, co-edited with Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer and published by Medallion Press. The latter includes his notorious short tale “Guts,” a story about an adolescent boy’s horrific encounter with a pool filter that has caused listeners at his readings to faint. ![]() Since then, Palahniuk has released a stream of (often controversial) books, including the novels Survivor, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Lullaby, Damned, and Doomed the nonfiction collections Fugitives & Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon and Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories and the story collection Haunted. His first novel, Fight Club, was published in 1996 and started to garner him a reputation as a one-man cult, but the 1999 David Fincher film version catapulted the author beyond mere cult status. ![]() ![]() Chuck Palahniuk’s work has been described as “nihilistic,” “transgressive,” “lurid,” “wickedly grim,” “brilliant,” and too many other adjectives to list here. ![]()
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