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Invisible Monsters (CD-ROM)

by Chuck Palahniuk (Author), Anna Fields (Narrator)
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When the plot of your first novel partially hinges on anarchist overthrows funded by soap sales, and the narrative hook of your second work is the black box recorder of a jet moments away from slamming into the Australian outback, it stands to reason that your audience is going to be ready for anything. Which, to an author like Chuck Palahniuk, must sound like a challenge. Palahniuk's third identity crisis (that's "novel" to you), Invisible Monsters, more than ably responds to this call to arms. Set once again in an all-too-familiar modern wasteland where social disease and self-hatred can do more damage than any potboiler-fiction bad guy, the tale focuses particularly on a group of drag queens and fashion models trekking cross-country to find themselves, looking everywhere from the bottom of a vial of Demerol to the end of a shotgun barrel. It's a sort of Drugstore Cowboy-meets-Yentl affair, or a Hope-Crosby road movie with a skin graft and hormone-pill obsession, if you know what I mean.

Um, yeah. Anyway, the Hollywood vibe doesn't stop these comparisons. As with Fight Club and Survivor, the book is invested with a cinematic sweep, from the opening set piece, which takes off like a house afire (literally), to a host of filmic tics sprayed throughout the text: "Flash," "Jump back," "Jump way ahead," "Flash," "Flash," "Flash." You get the idea. It's as if Palahniuk didn't write the thing but yanked it directly out of the Cineplex of his mind's eye. Does it succeed? Mostly. Still working on measuring out the proper dosages of his many writerly talents (equal parts potent imagery, nihilistic coolspeak, and doped-out craziness), Palahniuk every now and then loosens his grip on the story line, which at points becomes as hard to decipher as your local pill addict's medicine cabinet. However Invisible Monsters works best on a roller-coaster level. You don't stop and count each slot on the track as you're going down the big hill. You throw up your hands and yell, "Whee!" --Bob Michaels --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Welcome to the world of perverse self-mutilation, insane coincidences and extreme makeovers speckled with violent acts and prescription drugs. After surviving a gunshot wound that destroyed half her face, Shannon meets the vivacious Brandy Alexander, whose glamorous nature seduces her into traveling cross-country in a delightful and ironic crime spree. In typical Palahniuk fashion, the story leaps about in an erratic and initially bewildering manner, but ultimately makes sense. Anna Fields executes a brilliant performance through Shannon's first-person narrative. Her smooth and stable tone leads listeners through this deliciously chaotic tale. When Shannon speaks, Fields proves both amusing and impressive. Her magnificent performance only adds to Palahniuk's story. Norton paperback(Reviews, July 5, 1999). (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars See-through great!, Mar 19 2006
Ce commentaire est de: Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
Someone has blown the face off a beautiful model as she is driving on the expressway! Whodunnit? This question is almost ignored throughout this really weird and hilariously offbeat take on contemporary USA, its hidden and revealed horrors and pathos, its commercialized culture and highways, and its plain strangeness. Along this path, we meet individuals who may or may not be transgendered, all-American families with really off the wall Christmas celebrations.Think contraceptives in the stockings to Perry Como crooning Christmas carols. How to get drugs fairly easily, and name changes to match the current predicament. Like reading on high octane jumping back and forth through terrain best described as odd!

Also recommended: KATZENJAMMER by Jackson T. McCrae.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Classic Palahniuk save gender issues, May 14 2009
By A. Taylor (Winnipeg, MB Canada) - See all my reviews
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Ce commentaire est de: Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
As the title says, this novel is pretty consistent with a lot of Palahniuk's work (of which I've read most). A really absurd story with unique characters, and surprising twists. I wouldn't say it's one of his best though.

My main qualm with the book is that it is written in first person from a female perspective, and in my opinion, it was not convincing at all that this person was a woman. I felt like the character thought much like ones in his other books (which are men) - and that the things she would think about and conclusions she reached didn't mesh with how a woman thinks (I'm a woman!).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Jump to boring, Nov 17 2008
By Steve Z. McCauley "szm" (Montreal, QC) - See all my reviews
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Ce commentaire est de: Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
I'm not going to waste a lot of time analysing this book, because lots of others have slammed its ridiculous style and premise, not to mention its revolting twist. Suffice it to say that I hated this book. Some of his other books I've found entertaining at least, this was just boring, boring, boring. Worst of all was that I wasted hours, here and there, for six months trying to finish this dreck.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Loud and proud
Whether you're into any of the subjects that Chuck Palahniuk writes about, you'll enjoy WHAT he does with the materials chosen. Lisez davantage
Published on Nov 28 2007 by James Monroe

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best book you'll read in your life!
This book reads itself on its own so much you're captivated by the rollercoaster of events and "hidden guns" (as Palahniuk calls the "plot twists"), although you find yourself... Lisez davantage
Published on Feb 3 2007 by neuroxik

5.0 out of 5 stars Not so invisibly good
The writing style is unlike any I have ever read; brutally honest, slightly surreal, and hilarious all at the same time. Lisez davantage
Published on Jan 23 2007 by Ellen Rice

5.0 out of 5 stars Cover is as good as the book
I do so hope that the people who buy this book take a good look at the cover: it's as ingenius as the writing inside. Lisez davantage
Published on Dec 30 2006 by Peck Ransom

5.0 out of 5 stars this will blow your mind!
This is a review, not a summary, so I'l be brief. Basically, it's the most effed up, mindfreaked book that makes your mind think so much and makes you rethink your whole life that... Lisez davantage
Published on Aug 10 2006 by Jaimee Imrie

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, great cover, great everything
The writing style is unlike any I have ever read; brutally honest, slightly surreal, and hilarious all at the same time. Lisez davantage
Published on Aug 28 2005 by Ellen Rice

3.0 out of 5 stars Meh.. could have been better
I thought the book was good, but it should have been better. The plot idea was great but the beginning was so slow that I didn't even want to finish it. Lisez davantage
Published on Aug 15 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well crafted and original
INVISIBLE MONSTERS is a great book. The same way McCrae's CHILDREN'S CORNER is, and the book RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. I thought this book was hysterical. Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 3 2005 by Rob Rheinhardt

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Original!
Invisible Monsters is the story of a famous fashion model, horribly disfigured by the slug of a rifle. Lisez davantage
Published on May 2 2005 by Pete Cowdin (Smithville, MO)

4.0 out of 5 stars A surprise at every turn
After a read (and loved ... thanks evan) Survivor, i though this author would be one of those authors who wouldn't keep my interest for very long. Lisez davantage
Published on July 18 2004 by Amanda

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