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Rant : The Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk (2007, Hardcover)

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"Like most people I didn't meet Rant Casey until after he was dead. That's how it works for most celebrities: After they croak, their circle of friends just explodes...." Rant is the mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, the literary provocateur responsible for such books as the generation-defining classic Fight Club and the pedal-to-the-metal horrorfest Haunted . It takes the form of an oral history of one Buster "Rant" Casey, who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time. "What 'Typhoid Mary' Mallon was to typhoid, what Gaetan Dugas was to AIDS, and Liu Jian-lun was to SARS, Buster Casey would become for rabies." A high school rebel who always wins (and a childhood murderer?), Rant Casey escapes from his small hometown of Middleton for the big city. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. On appointed nights participants recognize one another by such designated car markings as "Just Married" toothpaste graffiti and then stalk and crash into each other. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. Their collected anecdotes explore the possibility that his saliva caused a silent urban plague of rabies and that he found a way to escape the prison house of linear time.... "The future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday." Rant Casey Expect hilarity, horror, and blazing insight into the desperate and surreal contemporary human condition as only Chuck Palahniuk can deliver it. He's the postmillennial Jonathan Swift, the visionary to watch to learn what's uh-oh coming next.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385517874
ISBN-13
9780385517874
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57032505

Product Key Features

Book Title
Rant : the Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Author
Chuck Palahniuk
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / General, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3564.Y55r36 2007
Reviews
"One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters. . . . More than your weekly prescribed dose of humor and humanity, cleverness and outrage." - The Washington Post "Brilliant. . . extremely fun. . . . With his love of contemporary fairytales that are gritty and dirty rather than pretty, Palahniuk is the likeliest inheritor of Vonnegut's place in American writing." - San Francisco Chronicle "Mr. Palahniuk doesn't write for tourists. He writes for hard-core devotees drawn to the wild, angry imagination on display and the taboo-busting humor." - The New York Times "Unpredictably hilarious. . . . The writing is vivid, raw, and mordantly knowing." - Chicago Sun-Times "Truly unique. He writes at the edge of crazy, and you can feel his desperate urge to get at the truth of things." - The Seattle Times "Twisted? Come on, it's Palahniuk. Impossible to put down? Same answer." - Men's Journal "It's a rare novel that's as funny and as brain-bending as this one. Buckle up." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "A white-knuckled what-if, Rant is the author's most idiosyncratic work to date." - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A strong dose of gore and sinewy prose." - Time Out New York "So funny that your facial muscles soon tire." - The Guardian, "One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters. . . . More than your weekly prescribed dose of humor and humanity, cleverness and outrage." - The Washington Post "Brilliant. . . extremely fun. . . . With his love of contemporary fairytales that are gritty and dirty rather than pretty, Palahniuk is the likeliest inheritor of Vonnegut's place in American writing." - San Francisco Chronicle "Mr. Palahniuk doesn't write for tourists. He writes for hard-core devotees drawn to the wild, angry imagination on display and the taboo-busting humor." - The New York Times "Unpredictably hilarious. . . . The writing is vivid, raw, and mordantly knowing." - Chicago Sun-Times "Truly unique. He writes at the edge of crazy, and you can feel his desperate urge to get at the truth of things." - The Seattle Times "Twisted? Come on, it's Palahniuk. Impossible to put down? Same answer." - Men's Journal "It's a rare novel that's as funny and as brain-bending as this one. Buckle up." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "A white-knuckled what-if, Rant is the author's most idiosyncratic work to date." - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A strong dose of gore and sinewy prose." - Time Out New York "So funny that your facial muscles soon tire." - The Guardian From the Trade Paperback edition., "One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters. . . . More than your weekly prescribed dose of humor and humanity, cleverness and outrage." -The Washington Post "Brilliant. . . extremely fun. . . . With his love of contemporary fairytales that are gritty and dirty rather than pretty, Palahniuk is the likeliest inheritor of Vonnegut's place in American writing." -San Francisco Chronicle "Mr. Palahniuk doesn't write for tourists. He writes for hard-core devotees drawn to the wild, angry imagination on display and the taboo-busting humor." -The New York Times "Unpredictably hilarious. . . . The writing is vivid, raw, and mordantly knowing." -Chicago Sun-Times "Truly unique. He writes at the edge of crazy, and you can feel his desperate urge to get at the truth of things." -The Seattle Times "Twisted? Come on, it's Palahniuk. Impossible to put down? Same answer." -Men's Journal "It's a rare novel that's as funny and as brain-bending as this one. Buckle up." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "A white-knuckled what-if,Rantis the author's most idiosyncratic work to date." -The Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A strong dose of gore and sinewy prose." -Time Out New York "So funny that your facial muscles soon tire." -The Guardian From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-028918
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Dewey Edition
22

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item 1 Rant : The Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
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5 out of 5 stars
by sugarcoatedbile09 Jul, 2007
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk reviewed by Lacey Jane
I happen to be a big fan of Palaniuk's writings, (Fight Club, Choke, ect.) and as soon as i had seen that he had another book out, i was highly compelled to purchase it. The reason i enjoy this author is because of his gratuitous morbidity, and his ambiguously haunting writing style. One reason I wouldn't reccomend his books, is because his style is definately not for everyone, and also, it seems at times, the deeper he delves into his caustic creations, the more unbelievable his characters become. In any case, i dig, and you might too, only one way to find out.
4 out of 5 stars
by heartlesshero6613 Jun, 2012
Great Story
I had already read the book and just wanted my own copy. I love the story and it is one of my favorite Chuck books. The ideas get stuck in your head but he isn't using the same things he likes to go on about in this novel.
5 out of 5 stars
by gmQFyj3XTDq@Del...04 Sep, 2009
Lot of books
All 7 books by a great author and in outstanding conditions. A no brainer purchase for any fan of the obscure yet amazing!
5 out of 5 stars
by uRHA9bkWRG-@Del...05 Jul, 2007
book rating
It's a great book from what I hear. I bought as a gift, so I personally haven't read it. However it has very dark ideas. If you like Fight Club you'll probably like this too!
4 out of 5 stars
by lOYWFaLDSoq@Del...26 May, 2008
Freaking weird
This book is freaking weird and I loved it. I like Chuck Palahnuik's literature as a whole and have only been dissappointed once. Not here.

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