{"product_id":"survivorbooks","title":"Survivor","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the author of the underground sensation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e comes this wickedly incisive second novel, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTender Branson—last surviving member of the so-called Creedish Death Cult—is dictating his life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaved from Salvation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and the even better selling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook of Very Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll reveal the truth of his tortured romance with the elusive and prescient Fertility Hollis, share his insight that \"the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage,\" and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Sanitary Landfill, a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot since Kurt Vonnegut's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMother Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Jerzy Kosinski's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has there been as dark and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Unpredictable, compelling, and unforgettable, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurvivor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak; and it cements his place as one of the most original writers in fiction today\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Palahniuk, Chuck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Adult Fiction","offer_id":35238906069159,"sku":"","price":9.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/survivor.png?v=1612987984","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/survivorbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}