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Snuff [Hardcover]

Chuck Palahniuk (Author)
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Publication Date: 7 Aug 2008

From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple-X novel that goes where no work of fiction has gone before.

'Six hundred dudes. One porn queen. A world record for the ages. A must-have movie for every discerning collector of things erotic.'

'Didn't one of us on purpose set out to make a snuff movie?'

Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr 72, Mr 137 and Mr 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room. This wild, lethally funny and thoroughly researched novel brings the huge yet underacknowledged presence of pornography in contemporary life into the realm of literary fiction at last. Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would dare do such a thing? Who else could do it so well, so unflinchingly and with such an incendiary (you might say) climax?

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape (7 Aug 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0224082469
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224082464
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 395,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'... confirms Palahniuk once again as a compelling, daring and vital writer.' -- Herald, Doug Johnstone

'...if he set out to see if a novel could still shock, Palahniuk has succeeded' -- Esquire, Mark Lawson

`memorably revolting'
-- Evening Standard

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars the darker side of life 22 Sep 2008
By T-bone
Format:Hardcover
One thing I will say about Palahniuk is that he manages to write in such a way that you can smell the unwashed bodies, the urine smell from the toilet, the buffet table laden with crisps and sweets and the body odour of the 600 assembled men. Basically, he manages to write in such a way that you feel slightly grimy by the time you finish one of his books.
Don't get me wrong, this is definitely a skill, but I felt that the voices of the 4 characters (72, 137, 600 and sheila) were all a little too similar.
In some ways I was dissapointed in this book - the characters just seemd to be lacking something, and it seemed that the author set out to try and shock more than to tell a story.
On the other hand, I did sit and read the whle thing in one go - although that was not too hard as this is quite a short novel.
I do not think this book will win Palahniuk too many new fans, although I could see teens who ahve not encountered this kind of book before enjoying it, and I think longterm fans will enjoy the book. It is definitely very inkeeping with Palahniuks "style" of writing, but it is not my favourite of his books.
It is trickey, as on the one hand it is a very evocative work, but on the other hand, it was not as good as some of his other things.
As one person pointed out, the cover does feature a pair of breasts, but as with the rest of this book, there is nothing erotic about the image, or in the story itself - in fact if anything, this book is a pretty good antidote to feeling frisky.
If you are a fan I would give this book a try, if you want to buy a young adult something "edgy" it may be worth a go, but if you are new to this author I think you would be better starting off with Fight Club.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Three things to know before buying 14 Aug 2008
By Rosey Lea TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
1. This is a very short novella (the text is printed in big type to make for more pages), you'll read it in an hour or so.

2. Once the paper seal is removed the book cover is pornographic. You won't be able to read this on the train, in the office, or whilst your children are around.

3. The 'story' doesn't even start to measure up to the author's earlier stuff. In comparison to books like Invisible Monsters or Survivor this book is very, very weak. There are no skewed ideas to play with, or off the wall revelations to ponder. Even without comparison to earlier books the principles of this short story are 10 years too late to be edgy.

Very disappointing all-round.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for Chuck fans 21 Jun 2009
By A. G. Teasdale
Format:Hardcover
I never normally review books but i read the previous reviews before i bought this book and i still bought it. Good thing too. I will say, like i have about several times about Chucks books, you have to really like Chuck palahniuk to like Snuff. It is not really a book on porn. I am thinking lots of people bought it thinking so, hence the mixed reviews. I admit the blurb also leads you to think this novel will be raunchy and an exciting portrail of the pornographic industry. However, true to his style, Chuck Palahniuk doesn't neccesarilly give us what it claims on the cover. I'd be disappointed if he did. If you read his books, as i do, expecting something interesting written with an unusual angle with a quirky and often highly amusing plot, you won't be disappionted.
The plot centres around three men in a waiting room (The porn acress is hardly in the book at all) and how their lives all came to meet at that point in time. There are surprises in store, which i won't reveal but needless to say, the pivital character in the story is not who you would expect. At all. I never guessed till the very end. The book is written very well with vivid comedic scenes which will make you smile, and i loved it.
With regard to other reviews i read, there are definately twists in the plot, the book took me about 5 hours to read (and i'm a quick reader) not 1 hour and the cover is only pornographic if your very narrow minded, and if so, then this book isn't for you anyway. All that is under the cover is a pair of boobies, and nothing my six year old even took a second glance at. You could always stick the dust cover down if your that bothered.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars In your face (irony intended!) and hilarous 29 Mar 2013
By K. J. Noyes
Format:Paperback
What can I say? A book that almost defies comment..... Funny definitely. Graphic, in some ways. Honest, brutal at times, shocking. Can I say I really enjoyed it without sounding perverted?! I did. Though this is NOT for everyone.
Had to read the ending a couple of times to make sure I read it correctly. Very dark, and funny.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Quite Possibly The Biggest Literary Disappointment Of My Reading Life 20 Nov 2010
By IDGS
Format:Hardcover
I honestly find myself at a loss for words having just completed Snuff.

From someone so brilliant to have written the likes of Survivor and Fight Club, comes.. well, this.

This book reads like a Wikipedia article collection, written by thirteen year old boys still searching for the perfect way to describe someone who masturbates. The incessant factoids about porn, Marilyn Monroe, condoms, the gay community, and cyanide could possibly the the most boring, ineffectual and downright idiotic thing I've read in my entire life.

The description is enticing, but this book downright fails to deliver. Chuck insists on creating as many stupid porn titles as he possibly can, sounding like a rehersal for a Saturday Night Live skit before airing, minus any of the humour. The first couple gain a small chuckle, the rest leave you shaking your head. If I had to read one more name for someone who masturbates, I would have thrown the book across the room - had the hardcover novella deceptively marketed as a full novel not cost an arm and a leg.

The plot is unremarkable in every way, the characters utterly unlikeable and unrelatable. Words are repeated, and I feel sorry for whoever edited this 'work' - they're likely out of a job, from all the akward sentences.

You could see the ending of this novel - minus a small 'twist' in the form of the reality in which the two characters will now have to live - coming from a mile away, though they drag it out through disjointed style that forces you to pick it all apart.

If I have anything positive at all to say about this work - the cover is intriguing. Brings back the Linda Lovelace train of thought.

Here's to hoping Palahniuk delivers something worth reading sooner than later.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Snuff
Not a bad story. I read it, in two afternoons, it's the type of story that draws you in.
Published on 22 Oct 2010 by Leslie A. Heaps
4.0 out of 5 stars His worst is still quite good.
I am a huge fan of Palahniuk's books and I've read most of them twice, so I can tell you this is probably his worst novel.

That's it. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Rubén C
3.0 out of 5 stars Snuff
I read this just beacuse it was a Palahniuk release but didnt really enjoy it. I found it really slow and nothing like his earlier books which i would recommend as hes a great... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by Gemma
2.0 out of 5 stars On this occasion - judge a book by its cover.
It's not quite as bad as some reviewers have made out but this is way off the mark you'd expect from the author of Choke and Fight Club. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2009 by Marc Munier
3.0 out of 5 stars More of the same, sure, but that's NOT a bad thing!
I bought this at an airport bookshop. The kind of place where cretins go to buy books for other cretins. Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2009 by D. Laurikietis
4.0 out of 5 stars nice to see freedom in writing.
I have just read this book and thought it was very good, like most of chuck's work
i found it pulled no punch's and demonstrated that writers still have the freedom to be... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2009 by G.r. Kapra
1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT READ IT!!
Rubish!! probably the worst book I've ever read in my entire life.... What was the point of it? Boring, annoying, utterly disgusting.... what a disappointment!! Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by N. Ubieta Rodriguez
1.0 out of 5 stars Lost in a Sea of Men
I purchased this in the normal sense of thinking it will really hit on identities and sex and how the two mix along side of being fans and paid for sex. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by N. Sweeney
3.0 out of 5 stars phew!
not his best but a fun throwaway read. survivor is definitely his best. if you have not read it, go read it now. no really, right now!
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by Mr. Sebastian James
1.0 out of 5 stars First book by the authour where I knew what the 'shocks' would be :(
Having read all Palahnuik's novels (except Fight Club - I'll get around to it!) I love being lead down dead ends, believing one thing, discovering another - But thus novel held no... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2008 by F. Moorcroft
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