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Choke

By Chuck Palahniuk
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Choke by Chuck Palahniuk is a darkly comedic tale of Victor Mancini, a man struggling with intimacy and identity issues. To pay for his mother's medical care, Victor resorts to an unusual con: feigning choking in restaurants to elicit sympathy—and money—from his "rescuers." The narrative also explores his compulsion to attend sex addiction meetings, all while seeking existential meaning in chaotic circumstances.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by dark humour and deeply flawed yet fascinating characters. It explores themes of addiction, identity, and the complex dynamics of a man who cons others while exploring his own personal crises. Ideal for readers who appreciate satirical takes on modern life with an edgy and provocative narrative style.

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Choke

Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who 'saves you' will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives.

From the author of the international sensation FIGHT CLUB comes a powerful and hilarious novel about love and strife between mothers and sons, the addictive power of sex, the terrors of ageing, the ugly truth about historical theme parks, and much else. ..

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Choke is Fight Club for sex addicts — Independent on Sunday

By The Author of Fight Club

Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care — pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant, and the person who 'saves' you will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives. Multiply that a couple of hundred times, and you generate a healthy flow of cheques, week in, week out.

Victor also works at a theme park with a motley group of losers, cruises sex addiction groups for action, and visits his mother, whose Alzheimer's disease now hides what may be the startling truth about his parentage.

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Choke by Chuck Palahniuk offers a gripping, exaggerated portrayal of American society, marked by grotesque and vice-like storytelling. The author's unique style blends raw depictions of modern issues with moments that are both outrageous and darkly humorous, reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis and George Saunders. Praise highlights the book's imaginative brilliance, engaging narrative, and compelling, pungent imagery.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099422686

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 215g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk is the author of fifteen best-selling novels - Make Something Up, Beautiful You, Doomed, Damned, Tell-All, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Haunted, Diary, Lullaby, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Fight Club. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees and the non-fiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him on the web at chuckpalahniuk.net.

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