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Diary
Chuck Palahniuk
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Description for Diary
Paperback. Takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once, she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school and being brought back to Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Diary takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school and being brought back to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. Peter, it turns out, has been hiding rooms in houses he's refurbished and scrawling vile messages all over the walls. Angry homeowners are suing, and Misty's dreams of artistic greatness are in ashes. But then, ... Read more
Diary takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school and being brought back to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. Peter, it turns out, has been hiding rooms in houses he's refurbished and scrawling vile messages all over the walls. Angry homeowners are suing, and Misty's dreams of artistic greatness are in ashes. But then, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099453987
SKU
V9780099453987
Shipping Time
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About Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk is the bestselling author of fifteen fictional works, including Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and most recently Make Something Up. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Reviews for Diary
His most scarily nihilistic and resonant book since Fight Club
Independent on Sunday
Like a noxious Douglas Coupland, Palahniuk charts new-felt and totally contemporary categories of despair
Ali Smith
Guardian
A nihilistic masterpiece
NME
Part Rosemary's Baby, part The Wicker Man... The shocks are shocking and the ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
Like a noxious Douglas Coupland, Palahniuk charts new-felt and totally contemporary categories of despair
Ali Smith
Guardian
A nihilistic masterpiece
NME
Part Rosemary's Baby, part The Wicker Man... The shocks are shocking and the ... Read more