![]() ![]() Dubbed Pygmy but referring to himself as "operative me," the boy has been deeply indoctrinated, in the Manchurian style, frequently quoting Hitler, Mao and Idi Amin to dimwitted schoolmates. ![]() "Pygmy" takes place over the course of 36 "dispatches" from Agent 67, a 13-year-old terrorist mole housed by an American host family. They've also cultivated a fervent readership among young misanthropes everywhere. And in "Pygmy," an extended joke involves the hygienic use of D-cell batteries.įrom terminal illness to industrial porn, Palahniuk's nine novels have focused on difficult subjects with an admirable lack of compromise. In "Choke," Victor Mancini runs a phony Heimlich maneuver scam in upscale restaurants. ![]() In "Fight Club," Tyler Durden steals bags of post-liposuction fat to make fancy soaps with. By Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday 241 pages $24.95)įrom the outset, Chuck Palahniuk's narrators have set the body-humor bar high. ![]()
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