Sole Survivor....

Book Review: Survivor Chuck Palahniuk

To say that Mr. Palahniuk's works are strange and dystopian is to admit that the Kalahari is a bit dry in summer. In other words, it is a drastic understatement. As with his other books, Survivor provides an interesting, and extremely disturbing protagonist. In this case the object of our occasional affection and frequent revulsion is one Tender Branson, former cult member, televangelist, speaker and currently the narrator of the book; undertaking that task alone from 30,000 feet in a jet set to crash in the Australian Outback.
If that's not strange enough, the fact that he is the last, and least observant, of his suicide cult provide an interesting commentary on the nature of belief. The book also provides a dark, if not necessarily inaccurate portrayal of popular religion in America, and for that, it is well worth the read.

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