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Survivor
- Narrated by: Michael Braun
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Tender Branson - last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult" - is dictating his incredible 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 plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash 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, Saved from Salvation, and the even better-selling Book of Very Common Prayer (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll even share his insight that "the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage", and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Landfill - a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.
Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night and Jerzy Kosinski's Being There has there been as black and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak, and it marks him as a blazing talent for the new millennium.
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- Marko Polo
- 27-11-22
Brilliant
I was a bit sceptical in the beginning, but I'm glad I gave it a chance. Another masterpiece by Chuck.
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- JR
- 19-05-24
Fun but ultimately not the best Chuck
The blackbox recording becomes a rather unbelievable narrative device, as the narrator doesn't talk like a person. It's a rather fun journey though, typically great nihilism from Chuck Palahniuk.
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- lyndsey
- 06-07-24
Chuck Palahniuk is a very odd man.
It's a really good story. Very dark and darkly funny. it's hard not to compare any book by Palahniuk to his most well known work, Fight Club, but I'd say it has a similar feel.
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- Chantelle Louise
- 21-08-24
yes
best palahniuk book I've read so far. great concept. would make a cool movie
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- Plamen Penev
- 26-06-23
However liked "Fight Club", would love this !
Unique and a breathtaking story given with the same spices as Faith Club. Excellent.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-23
...and I Cha Cha right past it.
You will love it, or hate it. But I recommend you give it a shot.
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- Lee Hambleton
- 03-04-23
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The angst and nihilism that runs through palahnuiks work is at its draining worst here. This would probably be much loved by a teenage emo with a bedroom adorned with skulls and nightmare before Christmas memorabilia but should be avoided by anybody with an adult reading age.
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