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Chuck Palahniuk is the author of Fight Club (made into a film by director David Fincher), Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Choke and Lullaby. His latest novel is Diary. For more information, visit www chuckpalahniuk.net
If you're interested in the dark, and in this case, probably slightly sticky, underbelly of North America, this book is an ideal place to poke around. The author of Fight Club acts as guide and commentator in an autobiographical trip around the seamier side of his adopted hometown. Where traditional guidebooks discuss famous citizens and historic sites, here we duck inside bizarre museums, visit a self-cleaning house, wander a labyrinthine mausoleum and dive into a variety of strip-joints, piano bars, saunas and bathhouses. The pulsing underbelly of this city is populated by a diverse cast of former flatmates, bored sailors, celebrated transvestites, alcohol crazed hobos, obscure artists, kinky shop assistants and drug addled hospital patients. Palahniuk is a congenial host throughout, wryly noting such events as the annual Santa rampage, the mayhem of the adult soapbox derby and the haunting of Hoodoo Antiques. What makes the book really enjoyable is that sense that, for all his hip and knowing tone, Palahniuk feels a deep and genuine affection and enthusiasm for his city. (Kirkus UK)
