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Make Something Up

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099587682

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 234g

  • RRP: £9.99

Make Something Up

Twenty-one stories and a novella that will disturb and delight, from the author of Fight Club. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display. In 'Zombies', the best and brightest of a high 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-colour joke to his dying father , while in 'Tunnel of Love', a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing 'relief' to dying clients. And in 'Excursion', Fight Club fans will be thrilled to find a side of Tyler Durden never seen before.

Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant; these stories represent everything readers have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099587682

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 234g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • Twenty-one stories and a novella to disturb and delight.

    Bookseller

  • Looking back at Palahniuk’s body of work it seems shocking readers comes naturally to him; if that is what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed here. He clearly relishes pushing boundaries, playing with the absurd and the grotesque as a way to hold up a mirror to society.

    Claire Inman, Curious Animal Magazine

  • Palahniuk is in sublime, caustic form; his story subjects even more wickedly bold.

    Tanya Sweeney, Independent

  • Savage, disturbing and frequently hilarious, this is writing at its boldest.

    Grazia

  • A rough but enjoyable ride.

    Chris Kirkham, Shortlist

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk is the bestselling author of fifteen fictional works, including Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and, most recently, Make Something Up. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Chuck Palahniuk

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