Soon to be a major motion picture, "Choke" is the story of a man's need to pay for elder care for his mother. His solution is an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on his food in upscale restaurants, allowing himself to be saved by diners who, feeling responsible, go on to send checks to support him.
Read More
Soon to be a major motion picture, "Choke" is the story of a man's need to pay for elder care for his mother. His solution is an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on his food in upscale restaurants, allowing himself to be saved by diners who, feeling responsible, go on to send checks to support him.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Trade Paperback in FINE Condition. Clean and unmarked bright red and black cover; Tight glued binding. Internals as new also. Now a Major Motion Picture. A "bleakly humorous spin on self-help, addiction recovery and chilhood trauma". It is an outrageous and hilarious take on modern life. 292 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. 2008, Anchor Books/Random House, New York, USA.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. Book is in great condition. Pages are crisp and clean, binding tight. Angled crease across top of cover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders received before 3PM PT typically ship same day. All profits support the non-profit community.
It's just another silly dystopic read. There's lots of far out stuff to pique one's interest but the only thing that interested me was the discssion of Medical mnemonics. A most forgetable book - except during commercial flights. I never read The Fight Club but I did enjoy the movie - now I won't bother with the book.
ReaderJnt
Oct 15, 2009
Highly recommended book!
If you are a fan of the film 'Fight Club', than this is the book for you! 'Fight Club' author, Chuck Palahniuk, tells a tale about Victor Mancini, a medical school drop out student who fakes choking to death at fancy restaurants to be 'saved' by unsuspecting people. Victor is also a sex addict, and works at a colonial theme park with drugged out hippies, and losers. His best pal is kind of a dimwit and masturbates a lot. There is so much going on within this book, with the characters, the sub plots, the situations, and the dark humor is outstanding. A great novel to read. Chuck Palahniuk is a great author and has a powerful storytelling craft. Pick this book up!
SLGF
Aug 6, 2009
Only for teenage boys?
This is not a book for an old lady, or any female. It is not funny or relevant to anyone's life, in my opinion.
dalicatalonia
Sep 18, 2008
Choke on Chuck
Fun with Chuck! Lots of dirty words and laugh out loud in public kind of comedy. I recommend it for the rest of us immature types. I hear it's being made into a movie. I can't imagine it being true to the book and getting less than an NC-17 rating. Read this one first!
ohrenberg@gmail.com
Nov 2, 2007
Palahniuk at his best
Choke shows up Chuck Palahniuk at his best. This books marks the high point in his literature career, the writing is more fluid then that of his later novels and the story is more precise then any of his other novels. This entails the story of a man who while being a sex addict works at a colonial theme park and cons money out of strangers by pretending to choke at resteraunts. The author weaves the narrative around all the odd behavior our main character exhibits due to his sexual addiction and his appearent dissalussioment with the life he finds himself in. Like most Palahniuk novels there the reader is subjected to suspensefull waiting while the story unravels.
