Make something up : stories you can't unread / Chuck Palahniuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palahniuk, Chuck.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Black humor.

Short stories.

Short stories, American.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 318 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2015]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"Stories you'll never forget--just try--from literature's favorite transgressive author. Representing work that spans several years, Make Something Up is a compilation of 21 stories and one novella (some previously published, some not) that will disturb and delight. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display; in "Zombies," the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators. In "Knock, Knock," a son hopes to tell one last off-color joke to a father in his final moments, while in "Tunnel of Love," a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing 'relief' to dying clients. And in "Excursion," fans will be thrilled to find to see a side of Tyler Durden never seen before in a precusor story to Fight Club. Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant; these stories represent everything readers have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Knock-knock

Eleanor

How Monkey got married, bought a house, and found happiness in Orlando

Zombies

Loser

Red Sultan's big boy

Romance

Cannibal

Why Coyote never had money for parking

Phoenix

The facts of life

Cold calling

The Toad Prince

Smoke

Torcher

Liturgy

Why Aardvark never landed on the moon

Fetch

Expedition

Mister Elegant

Tunnel of love

Inclinations

How a Jew saved Christmas.

Other Format:

Palahniuk, Chuck, author. Make something up.

ISBN:

9780385538053

0385538057

OCLC:

896126831