This was the second book by Palahniuk that I read and was easily my favorite. The book is essentially one long suicide note, written by the last remaining survivor of a religious cult that hires out their young as life long servants to the rich. The protagonist, Tender Branson, is telling his story to the black box recorder on a boeing 747 he has hijacked before he crashes it in the Australian outback.
The book is full of the dark, satirical humour that is so characteristic of Palahniuk's writing. The page numbers are in reverse as we count down towards the eventual crash. I can't think of much more to say about it. Either you enjoy this style of humour or you don't.
Apparently, Survivor was going to be made into a movie, until 9/11 happened and it was decided that a movie involving crashing a hijacked plane was too sensitive. This is despite the fact that in the book the hijacker lands the plane and lets everyone out before taking off again to crash it himself in a deserted part of the desert. Although I'm not convinced it would have made a good movie, its cancellation is exactly the type of over sensitive bullshit that Palanhniuk satires. Ah well, I'll go watch tribute.wmv and all will be well.
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ReplyDeleteok now that thas out of the way, Survivor is good, although its missing the magic time travel that rant has...