He combines the masculinity of Ernest Hemingway, the satirical bent of Juvenal and the attitude of Lenny Bruce." - "Greensboro News & Record" " To Palahniuk's credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility. is a blend of stories that are among the most horrifying, stomach-churning and mind-blowing tales ever encountered." - "Tucson Citizen" " Chuck Palahniuk's rightful place is among literary giants. "Haunted "has an anarchic sensibility that hurdles over the top." - "Time Out New York" " Chuck Palahniuk is one of the most intriguing writers of our time. Truly vivid and harrowing (and often quite funny)." - "Minneapolis Star Tribune" " Summer reading for people who like their lit doused in bodily fluids. There are paragraphs here- entire pages, in fact- that are as disgusting as anything I've ever read. The author has a singular knack for coming up with inventive new ways to shock and degrade." - "The New York Post" " Frequently entertaining often appalling. grisliest book yet." -Broward-Palm BeachNew Times, " Reading a Palahniuk novel is like getting zipped inside a boxer's heavy bag while the author goes to work on you, pounding you until there is nothing left but a big bag of bones and blood and pain." - "The Miami Herald" " To Palahniuk's credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility. This creepy ?ction masterpiece could be the de'nitive novel of our time for its genre." -The Cincinnati News Record "Chuck Palahniuk appears to be going around the bend.A satire of reality televisionan effective onebut also an homage to horror stories and a meditation on pop culture." -The Seattle Times "The most original work of ?ction this year." -The Guardian(London) "Chuck Palahniuk is up to his old tricks.His prose is, as always, gorgeous." -Entertainment Weekly "One partCanterbury Tales, one partLord of the Flies, and 100 percent classic Palahniuk. The author has a singular knack for coming up with inventive new ways to shock and degrade." -New York Post "Funny, always on the edge of reality and bloodied by the profound horror of narcissism." -Playboy "Place this bet in your time capsule: Chuck Palahniuk's novels will be required reading in American literature classes 100 years from now." -The Fort Myers News-Press "Palahniuk is as unique and colorful as ever." -The Onion "Searing and honest.His nasty detail and unimaginably horrible scenarios will give some people nightmares. He combines the masculinity of Ernest Hemingway, the satirical bent of Juvenal and the attitude of Lenny Bruce." -Greensboro News & Record "To Palahniuk's credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility. is a blend of stories that are among the most horrifying, stomach-churning and mind-blowing tales ever encountered." -Tucson Citizen "Chuck Palahniuk's rightful place is among literary giants. Truly vivid and harrowing (and often quite funny)." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "Summer reading for people who like their lit doused in bodily fluids.Hauntedhas an anarchic sensibility that hurdles over the top."-Time Out New York "Chuck Palahniuk is one of the most intriguing writers of our time. There are paragraphs here-entire pages, in fact-that are as disgusting as anything I've ever read. The author has a singular knack for coming up with inventive new ways to shock and degrade." -The New York Post "Frequently entertaining often appalling. Truly vivid and harrowing (and often quite funny)." -Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Reading a Palahniuk novel is like getting zipped inside a boxer's heavy bag while the author goes to work on you, pounding you until there is nothing left but a big bag of bones and blood and pain." -The Miami Herald "To Palahniuk's credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility. "Reading a Palahniuk novel is like getting zipped inside a boxer's heavy bag while the author goes to work on you, pounding you until there is nothing left but a big bag of bones and blood and pain." -The Miami Herald "To Palahniuk's credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility.