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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780385517881 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0385517882 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: May 20, 2008 Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: May 20, 2008 Studio: Doubleday Editorial Review: Product Description: From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where no American work of fiction has gone before Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room. This wild, lethally funny, and thoroughly researched novel brings the huge yet underacknowledged presence of pornography in contemporary life into the realm of literary fiction at last. Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would dare do such a thing? Who else could do it so well, so unflinchingly, and with such an incendiary (you might say) climax? Average Rating:
 Rating: - Eh...Snuff is mediocre. Worth reading if you're a Palahniuk fan, but wait to buy it in paperback. As usual, Chuck shows us the disgusting mess on the bottom of our shoe, in graphic detail. He doesn't hesitate to show us how attached to the meaningless details of life we become. The story was good, and there were a few small twists. I came away looking at the porn industry, relationships, and sex in a new light. Nothing here hasn't been said before, however. It's kind of "more of the same" ... Read More Rating:  - "The Damaged Love the Damaged..."An over-the-hill porn star wants to go out with a (gang) bang, so arranges for a world record effort with 600 stout and hearty fellows, brave and true. A few of this cast of hundreds are there for more than their allotted 60 seconds of, ah, contact with the legend. She has deep ulterior motives, as do each of the featured characters, and all of their twisted narratives come together in the concluding pages. Someone is supposed to die as this event climaxes, and most of the folks know ... Read More Rating: - A rawnchy 3.5 starsChuck Palahniuk is a really talented writer whom I fear will have his works misinterpreted. For on the one hand, he has quite a knack for delivering a superficial, though by no means trivial, raging masculinity among his characters. The feeling of empowerment he creates within such characters is tangible, though on the other hand his ability to subtly mock them, and create an air of absurdity around their every action is also very nuanced. Thereby his works appeal both to the crowd looking for a quick ... Read More Rating:  - Kinda boringAfter reading the synopsis, boring was the last thing I expected this book to be. I picked it up at the airport because it sounded interesting. The plot twist that Mr. Palahniuk I've heard is known for, probably sounded really good when he first thought them up, but they just didn't deliver. I think it could have been much better. Also, this book was tough to read. Conversations between characters could be in quotes in one sentence, then the next sentence, the converstion was in the character's ... Read More Rating:  - phoned inHe phoned this in, wrote it while he was doing something else. Pardon the pun but not up to "snuff" at all. I bought it, read it and returned it. Normally I would pass it on to my friend who loves Palahniuk as well, but I couldnt, I didnt even want it on my bookshelf. The porn doesnt bother me, I was just dissappointed. This book wasnt the ride, the charachter rollercoaster, the slap in the face that I expect from Chuck. It was boring, and I fear he was using the porn for shock value to cover for it. Anyway, ... Read More |
