· In true Chuck Palahniuk fashion, "Make Something Up" is a mix of the odd, the weird, the off-color and the extreme. Though the writing is witty, charming and intriguing, many of the stories are dark. "Mister Elegant," particularly interesting because parts of it take place in Salt Lake City and in the Beehive state. The story, though, is a. The year brought a series of great personal tragedies to Palahniuk's life. At that time, his father, Fred Palahniuk, had started dating a woman named Donna Fontaine, whom he had met through a personal ad under the title "Kismet".Her former boyfriend, Dale Shackelford, had previously been imprisoned for sexual abuse, and had vowed to kill Fontaine as soon as he was released from prison. Mister Elegant by Chuck Palahniuk; Want More? My email subscribers receive a notification when I publish these posts along with a few things I found interesting or helpful on the literary internet every week. Click the link below to join the club. SUBSCRIBE.
― Chuck Palahniuk, Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread Plenty of shock, just not enough Palahniuk awe (★). This book is filled with two dozen of Chuck Palahniuk's short stories. 'Make Something Up' is clear evidence that Palahniuk is the king of grotesque and a sometimes master of the short story. Sometimes his prose is a bit uneven. Chuck Palahniuk, Author. Doubleday $ (p) ISBN Palahniuk's 10th novel (after Snuff) is a potent if cartoonish cultural satire that succeeds despite its stridently. Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist best known for his books Fight Club, Choke, and Lullaby. He was born Charles Michael Palahniuk on February 21 st, in Pasco, Washington, to Fred Palahniuk and Caro l Adele. His parents split up when he was 14 and he spent some of his time at his grandparent's cattle ranch.
eBook design adapted from printed book design by Michael Collica Cover design and illustration by Rodrigo Corral Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Palahniuk, Chuck. [Short stories. Selections] Make something up: stories you can’t unread / by Chuck Palahniuk.—First edition. Mister Elegant by Chuck Palahniuk Want More? My email subscribers receive a notification when I publish these posts along with a few things I found interesting or helpful on the literary internet every week. Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol Adele (née Tallent) and Fred Palahniuk. He has Ukrainian, Russian, and French ancestry. His paternal grandfather was Ukrainian and emigrated to New York from Canada in Palahniuk grew up living in a mobile home in nearby Burbank, Washington with his family.
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