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Chuck Palahniuk's new novel, "Rant," takes its title from the noise made by children as they retch and vomit. The beautiful anatomical drawing on the book’s cover depicts a heart, since a cow's heart appears in the novel as something used to make kids throw up. Details like these add up to an automatic deal breaker for anyone who has been tantalized from afar by Mr. Palahniuk's visceral fiction and wondered if "Rant" was the place to start.
But Mr. Palahniuk doesn't write for tourists. He writes for hard-core devotees drawn to the wild, angry imagination on display and to the taboo-busting humor at which he usually excels. The very outrageousness of "Rant" is supposedly part of its appeal. (it) |
