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Original Title: | Choke |
ISBN: | 0385720920 (ISBN13: 9780385720922) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Victor Mancini, Denny, Ida Mancini, Paige Marshall |
Setting: | United States of America |
Chuck Palahniuk
Paperback | Pages: 293 pages Rating: 3.7 | 181561 Users | 5854 Reviews
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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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Title | : | Choke |
Author | : | Chuck Palahniuk |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 293 pages |
Published | : | June 2002 by Anchor Books (first published May 22nd 2001) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Humor. Novels |
Rating Appertaining To Books Choke
Ratings: 3.7 From 181561 Users | 5854 ReviewsJudge Appertaining To Books Choke
Many themes in this book were enjoyable even if many of them were unlikely. The main character works at a medieval theme park and spends nights pretending to need the Heimlich maneuver because he claims that someone that saves your life has a need to continue taking care of you. I always thought that was the other way around and the save-y has to look over and protect the save-er. I most enjoyed the part where stones are beginning to fill the house and one character mentions that it feels asThis one was just meh for me. Super graphic sex stuff kinda threw me. Im not sure it was completely necessary to the plot?
"Psychotic" isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.Seriously, this book is WEIRD. But, having said that, it's what made it so entertaining. The story never really WENT anywhere, though the ending was a surprise. The whole book was random, jumping from one thing to another - choking here, going to work, visiting his mom, going into his past...and there was a lot of pretty graphic areas regarding sex. On the whole, I pretty much hated the main character, he seemed like

Once again, Palahniuk provides perfect social commentary. Essential to understanding America and ourselves, Choke invites you to consider your life holistically, question what you know, and examine the quotidian anew. In addition, Palahniuk challenges us to find the best of ourselves, to focus less on "Saint Me," and to experience fully those near-life experiences he documents so well in Fight Club. Another marvel, another marvel.
I just couldn't do it! I could not read this drivel. It's not subversive. It's not funny. It's not interesting. It's not shocking. It is juvenile.Franzen's The Corrections, Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, and BBE's American Phycho are not in my favorites by any stretch of the imagination...but at least these three have ideas and can actually write even if I didn't want to read what they were writing about.And PLEASE don't compare this guy to the genius who was Kurt Vonnegut! Just don't even go
Fairly standard transgressional fiction, full of paranoid social deviants, conspiracy theories abound, femmes fatales, a twist endingyou get the idea. Choke is not drastically different from Palahniuks earlier (and better) novel, Fight Club. In fact, its far too similar. In Fight Club the primary metaphoric device was underground street fighting. In Choke, it is sexual addictions. Author works hard to shock the reader with graphic descriptions and sometimes funny slang, but the (intentionally)
As with every Chuck Palahniuk book I've read so far I really enjoyed Choke.This book had a lot going on for one that was a mere 159 pages (on the Nook). I just want to say that this book was amazing. If you're one of Chuck's fans I am guessing you will love this, since it's got his usual satire, style, humor, and repetition. Also, great writing of course. There are some great messages in Chuck's books, some are less obvious, some are hidden completely, some are in your face, and some are crammed
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