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Beautiful You : A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk (2014, Hardcover)

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‘50 Shades of Grey’ this isn’t. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture (at one point vampire novels are used as thrown weapons, an obvious ‘Twilight’ reference) to celebrity.”.

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"A billion husbands are about to be replaced." From the author of Fight Club , the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of a new product that gives new meaning to the term "self-help." Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds, notebook in hand, to bring her to previously undreamed-of heights of gratification for days on end. What's not to like? This: Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the final development of a line of feminine products to be marketed in a nationwide chain of boutiques called Beautiful You. So potent and effective are these devices that women by the millions line up outside the stores on opening day and then lock themselves in their room with them and stop coming out. Except for batteries. Maxwell's plan for battery-powered world domination must be stopped. But how?

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385538030
ISBN-13
9780385538039
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201605094

Product Key Features

Book Title
Beautiful You : a Novel
Author
Chuck Palahniuk
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Erotica / General, Satire, Thrillers / Technological
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.A4554b43 2014
Reviews
Praise for Beautiful You : "Sex is on the mind of author Chuck Palahniuk, and it is taken to extremes and tweaked to outrageous lengths in his latest novel, Beautiful You . 50 Shades of Grey this isn't. In fact, the book is almost a middle finger to "mommy porn" and the popularity of modern erotica -- while also being a smart, satirical take on misogyny, fame, the fashion industry, self-help and science... Palahniuk's graphic storytelling is bound to ruffle puritanical feathers--which is probably part of his point--but it's essential to the societal takedown. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture (at one point vampire novels are used as thrown weapons, an obvious Twilight reference) to celebrity." -- USA Today "The author of Fight Club offers barbed social satire that turns Aristophanes' Lysistrata sideways; giving readers something to talk about." -- Library Journal "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly "...[A] subtle and empathic piece of work." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Beautiful You : "Sex is on the mind of author Chuck Palahniuk, and it is taken to extremes and tweaked to outrageous lengths in his latest novel, Beautiful You . 50 Shades of Grey this isn't. In fact, the book is almost a middle finger to "mommy porn" and the popularity of modern erotica -- while also being a smart, satirical take on misogyny, fame, the fashion industry, self-help and science... Palahniuk's graphic storytelling is bound to ruffle puritanical feathers--which is probably part of his point--but it's essential to the societal takedown. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture (at one point vampire novels are used as thrown weapons, an obvious Twilight reference) to celebrity." -- USA Today "[Palahniuk's] legion of fans will adore all its excesses.... [G]reat fun..." -- San Francisco Chronicle "The author of Fight Club offers barbed social satire that turns Aristophanes' Lysistrata sideways; giving readers something to talk about." -- Library Journal "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly "...[A] subtle and empathic piece of work." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Beautiful You : "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly "...[A] subtle and empathic piece of work." --Kirkus Reviews "The author of F ight Club offers barbed social satire that turns Aristophanes' Lysistrata sideways; giving readers something to talk about." -- Library Journal, Praise for Beautiful You : "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly "...[A] subtle and empathic piece of work." --Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Beautiful You : "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly, Praise for Beautiful You : "Sex is on the mind of author Chuck Palahniuk, and it is taken to extremes and tweaked to outrageous lengths in his latest novel, Beautiful You . 50 Shades of Grey this isn't. In fact, the book is almost a middle finger to "mommy porn" and the popularity of modern erotica -- while also being a smart, satirical take on misogyny, fame, the fashion industry, self-help and science... Palahniuk's graphic storytelling is bound to ruffle puritanical feathers--which is probably part of his point--but it's essential to the societal takedown. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture (at one point vampire novels are used as thrown weapons, an obvious Twilight reference) to celebrity." -- USA Today "[Palahniuk's] legion of fans will adore all its excesses.... [G]reat fun..." -- San Francisco Chronicle "The author of Fight Club offers barbed social satire that turns Aristophanes' Lysistrata sideways; giving readers something to talk about." -- Library Journal "Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes." -- Publishers Weekly "...[A] subtle and empathic piece of work." -- Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2013-033379
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
23

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Another great one from Chuck!
I'm an avid fan, so I'm probably biased. Chuck once again weaves a cautionary tale of rampant self indulgence, the dystopian pitfalls of modern narcissism, and our vulnerability to viral marketing. A soft pink, battery-powered Fight Club for the ladies.
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