Advantages: Engaging narrative style Disadvantages: A bit obvious and short.
Chuck Palahniuk is not a man to shy away from the controversial and grotesque (I recommend, if that's the right word, reading his short story 'guts' if you dare). So it seems fitting for him to write a book about pornography. There are themes of confused incest, betrayal, embarrassment, prejudice, and a lot of reference to realising or not realising when you have become old and tired. The book is set in one room, a waiting room for 600 men, all waiting ... ...screen and engaging in a sex act with Cassie Wright, a porn priestess, coming to the end of her career and going out with a bang. The story is told from 4 perspectives, Mr. 72, Mr. 137, Mr. 600 (a teenager, a washed up television actor embroiled in a gay sex scandal, a famous porn actor doing a favour for an old friend) and Sheila the female organiser or 'talent wrangler' for the event. I can't help but feel that because of the fairly narrow time ...
salmonchaplin 14.06.2009
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