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Narrated by:
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Martha Plimpton
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By:
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Chuck Palahniuk
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Diary is a dark, hilarious, and poignant act of storytelling from America's favorite, most inventive nihilist.
©2003 Chuck Palahniuk (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House AudioBooks, A Division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface. These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called “Greener Pastures.” It’s here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent.
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Avocado
- By ExarDjinn on 11-20-24
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Pygmy
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Nick Walther
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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“Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name: Operation Havoc.” Thus speaks Pygmy, one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the United States, disguised as exchange students, to live with typical American families and blend in, all the while planning an unspecified act of massive terrorism.
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brilliant and hilarious!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-01-24
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Invisible Monsters Remix
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Anna Fields, Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Powers
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Palahniuk’s fashion-model protagonist has it all - boyfriend, career, loyal best friend - until an accident destroys her face, her ability to speak, and her self-esteem. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a bona fide woman.
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Just get the original.
- By Quinn on 11-24-21
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Make Something Up
- Stories You Can't Unread
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk, Scott Sowers, Rich Orlow, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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For years Chuck Palahniuk has reserved his best storytelling for his readings, often choosing to read a new short story instead of whatever novel he is supposed to be promoting. Make Something Up compiles these previously unpublished tales for the very first time, plus the Byliner social media insta-classic "Phoenix" and Palahniuk's most notable pieces from Playboy.
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Plenty of shock, just not enough Palahniuk awe
- By Darwin8u on 06-10-15
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Fight Club
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Jim Colby
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When a listless office employee (the narrator) meets Tyler Durden, his life begins to take on a strange new dimension. Together they form Fight Club - a secretive underground group sponsoring bloody bare-knuckle boxing matches staged in seedy alleys, vacant warehouses, and dive-bar basements. Fight Club lets ordinary men vent their suppressed rage, and it quickly develops a fanatical following.
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The first rule about Fight Club is...
- By Ilana on 04-17-12
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Beautiful You
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. Beautiful You is Palahniuk's much-anticipated satire of the emerging erotic thriller genre, a mash-up of mommy porn and chick lit à la Sex and the City, and fantasy lit à la Clan of the Cave Bear. Imagine if Ira Levin had a baby with Jean Auel.
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So weird
- By Sterling Scott on 03-15-15
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Tell-All
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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For decades Hazie Coogan has tended to the outsized needs of Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton, veteran of multiple marriages, career comebacks, and cosmetic surgeries. But danger arrives with gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III, who worms his way into Miss Kathie’s heart - and boudoir. Soon, Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written a celebrity memoir foretelling Miss Kathie’s death in an upcoming musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans and for posterity.
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not the most gripping CP book
- By andrew on 10-25-24
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Fight Club
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Chuck Palahnuik
- Narrated by: Elaine Cassidy, full cast, Patrick Kennedy, and others
- Length: 56 mins
- Original Recording
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First there was the insomnia.Then there were the support groups that helped him sleep.Then Marla Singer turned up, muscled in on ascending bowel cancer and ruined everything.Then he met Tyler Durden. Then came Fight Club. Fight Club is the psychological story of a man's descent into an underground world of violence. Mild mannered product recall specialist by day, tortured insomniac by night, our narrator meets Tyler Durden - part-time projectionist, banquet waiter, soap-maker and anarchic genius. Together they create Fight Club.
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This is extremely abridged
- By Jason on 01-11-22
By: Chuck Palahnuik
I’ve always known Chuck was a peculiar author, but this one is a new level of creepy. I do enjoy the underlying message, however.
Interesting
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It's slow until the moment you can't stop
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Classic Chuck!
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Voyeurism into madness
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I am just a fan of CP
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Martha Plimpton (I remember her from The Goonies, though you may know her from Raising Hope) does a fantastic job as our heroine; she captures her frustration, rage, exhaustion, and even hope beautifully. She was an excellent choice for narrator of this book.
Wow. Just...wow.
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I love this book and I love Chuck
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An artist's take
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A great creepy read until the last word.
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What a trip!
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