You don’t read a Palahniuk novel so much as hang on to it and enjoy the ride. Survivor is not as brilliantly subversive as Fight Club, but it is every bit as enjoyable.
The story is told in the first person, dictated by the main character into the “black box” (cockpit recording device) of a passenger aircraft he’s hijacked for his suicide ride.
There are some amazingly inventive passages here, to complement the dark satire and biting sarcasm. If you’re a fan of smart writing, tongue-in-cheek intellectual skateboarding, such as the books of Vonnegut, Coupland, Brauner, Tarloff, or if you liked Fight Club, you’ll like this book.
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