- MP3 CD
- Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD edition (Jun 3 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400157331
- ISBN-13: 978-1400157334
- Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 13.6 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Palahniuk delivers another entertaining and cynical social commentary on American materialism and gluttony. In her final pornographic performance, Cassie Wright has decided to be on the receiving end of a 600-man gangbang. Neither Cassie nor the men waiting for their chance with her expect her to survive. But some of the men have very different ideas about what this encounter will mean for them in their personal and professional lives. Todd McLaren does an excellent job voicing the many different first-person accounts. Whether reading the accounts of Cassie's assistant, an aging stud or the Cassie's presumptive abandoned son, McLaren finds a complementary voice for each and keeps them consistent throughout. Given the raunchy discussions of sex and the sinister elements that are often associated with the porn industry, McLaren's gritty voice adds the needed edge to this seedy but interesting novel. A Doubleday hardcover (Reviews, Feb. 11). (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Review
“Often biting, often hilarious, often awful, but always compelling . . . It’s ludicrous, of course, but that’s the point.”
— Los Angeles Times
“An absurd dark comedy about damaged people.”
— The Seattle Times
“In Snuff, [Palahniuk] does a masterful job of putting all of our excesses, phobias, and neuroses on full display.”
— San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
— Los Angeles Times
“An absurd dark comedy about damaged people.”
— The Seattle Times
“In Snuff, [Palahniuk] does a masterful job of putting all of our excesses, phobias, and neuroses on full display.”
— San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Chuck's pendulum swings.,
By The Phantome Drool (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
I am a big fan of Chuck. I think his non fiction is outstanding (see Stranger Than Fiction) and the majority of his fiction is breakthrough and astounding. Chuck is a pendulum though and while many of his books will be classics in a generation or so, this is not one of them. This book is a poorly executed, shocking idea that, in the end, seems to exist for no other reason than for the press and attention that is inherent when a popular writer takes on a sensitive subject. It could have been more insightful. It could have been more probing. It could have been more.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Snuffed My Love For The Writing, Or "Why I Almost Snuffed Myself Instead Of Liking This Book.",
By
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
I honestly find myself at a loss for words having just completed Snuff.From someone so brilliant to have written the likes of Survivor and Fight Club, comes.. well, this. This book reads like a Wikipedia article collection, written by thirteen year old boys still searching for the perfect way to describe someone who masturbates. The incessant factoids about porn, Marilyn Monroe, condoms, the gay community, and cyanide could possibly the the most boring, ineffectual and downright idiotic thing I've read in my entire life. The description is enticing, but this book downright fails to deliver. Chuck insists on creating as many stupid porn titles as he possibly can, sounding like a rehersal for a Saturday Night Live skit before airing, minus any of the humour. The first couple gain a small chuckle, the rest leave you shaking your head. If I had to read one more name for someone who masturbates, I would have thrown the book across the room - had the hardcover novella deceptively marketed as a full novel not cost an arm and a leg. The plot is unremarkable in every way, the characters utterly unlikeable and unrelatable. Words are repeated, and I feel sorry for whoever edited this 'work' - they're likely out of a job, from all the akward sentences. You could see the ending of this novel - minus a small 'twist' in the form of the reality in which the two characters will now have to live - coming from a mile away, though they drag it out through disjointed style that forces you to pick it all apart. If I have anything positive at all to say about this work - the cover is intriguing. Brings back the Linda Lovelace train of thought. Here's to hoping Palahniuk delivers something worth reading sooner than later.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Hilarious World of Porn According To Chuck,
By David A. C. Reinhardt Jr. "moviefanatic007" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
A darkly comic tale about porn and its stars. One of Palahniuk`s best to date.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
