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Also by Chuck Palahniuk:

Shock Induction, October 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Not Forever, But For Now, September 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Invention of Sound, September 2021
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Invention of Sound, September 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Burnt Tongues, August 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Damned, October 2011
Hardcover
Tell-All, May 2010
Hardcover
Pygmy, May 2009
Hardcover
Snuff, May 2008
Hardcover
Rant, May 2007
Hardcover
Stranger Than Fiction, May 2005
Trade Size
Haunted, May 2005
Hardcover
Diary, September 2004
Trade Size (reprint)
Choke, June 2002
Trade Size (reprint)
Fight Club, October 1996
Trade Size (reprint)

CHOKE
By: Chuck Palahniuk

a powerful (and hilarious) novel about love and strife between mothers and sons, the addictive power of sex, the terrors of aging, the ugly truth about historical theme parks, and much else.

Anchor
June 2002
304 pages
ISBN: 0385720920
Trade Size (reprint)
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Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor’s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he’s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park. His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.

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