From Publishers Weekly
The rise and fall of a media-made messiah is the subject of Palahniuk's impressive second novel (after the well-received Fight Club), a wryly mannered commentary on the excesses of pop culture that tracks the 15 minutes of fame of the lone living member of a suicide cult. Tender Branson, aged 33, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the "black box" while flying randomly until the plane runs out of gas and crashes. Branson relates in his long flashback the vicissitudes of his life: a member of the repressive Creedish Death Cult, supposedly founded by a splinter group of Millerites in 1860, he is hired out as a domestic servant who must dedicate his earnings to the cult. Despite his humble beginnings, Branson finds himself on the edge of fame and fortune when the cult members begin their suicide binge, and he keeps himself on the media radar by using the psychic dreams of his potential romantic interest, Fertility Hollis, in which the girl accurately predicts a series of strange disasters. After a brief period at the top of the freak-show heap, Branson succumbs to the excesses of his trade when his agent mysteriously dies at the Super Bowl as Branson predicts the outcome of the game at half-time, simultaneously triggering a riot and turning him into a murder suspect. Branson's spookily matter of fact account of his bizarre experiences does not excite tension until the narrative is well under way, but the novel picks up momentum during the homestretch when Branson goes on the lam with Fertility and his murderous brother Adam, and the story steamrolls toward its nightmarish climax. Palahniuk's DeLilloesque cultural witticisms and his satirical take on the culture of instant celebrity invest the narrative with a dark humor that does not quite overcome its lack of a coherent plot. Agent, Edward Hibbert. (Feb.) FYI: Fight Club is being filmed by David Fincher.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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I really enjoyed it. Was a bit confusing at the start, but well reading it for a while I fell in love with it. SURVIVOR begins on its final page, and shoots backwards towards page 1, always reminding you of its approaching demise. I think that the author is one of the most fresh author in fiction today. If you have not yet read one of his books then "Survivor" is the perfect place to start. It is witty and funny and yet remarkably insightful. One of the best books I read during 2006.

arrived last week.

I'm really glad I ended up whit this book from the best of 2006 swap. it was one of my top choices :)

thank you intry

Its hard to give un opinion know because I read the book months ago. pallaniuks is one of my favorite writters, even when he isnt great ist really good.

I wanted to end this book on a ring and get it a little bit traveled, but there wasnt that much interest... it become a loan to kizmiaz.

take your time reading it and enjoy


ps- não me esqueci daquilo do filme, mas agr tem sido extremamente dificil combinar coisas com o meu fornecedor de copias de "segurança"

Thanks a lot butterfly-noir, I won't be quick but I'll try to be as quick as possible.
Quanto ao filme fico a aguardar ansioso, obrigado.

Wow, what a book! What a great story!
This is the second book I've read by this author and it just blew me away.
Great characters, tight plot, cool story and even the backwards page numbering is awesome.
Palahniuk doesn't sleep on the job and with this simple story he brings so much food for thought that it really takes a while to get down after you finish (not like the main character, who goes down fast).
The way the story is told is so compeling and with so many interesting details that I don't even know where to start, the cleaning tips, the religious basketcases, the money making schemes of Branson enterprises or the "testing one, two, three" mantra.
You just have to read this book and if you don't you'll never know what you're missing.
I'll be sending it home soon.

happy you liked it. I'm tottaly adicted to mr. pallaniuk by now.

well saving it for future journeys

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sending to a bookmoocher.

I loved this book although its not one of my favourite pallaniuk's. He's becoming one of those authors I always enjoy reading