Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk (2013, Hardcover)

Miklo's Folly (1063)
99.7% positive feedback
Price:
$62.95
+ $6.99 shipping
Estimated delivery Mon, Nov 17 - Sat, Nov 22
Returns:
30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
Condition:
Like New
BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with a humorous doodle on tipped-in page. First edition, First printing with full number line. Like new, unread. Mild ink rubbing in inside jacket along edges. "Autographed Copy" label on front cover. Protected by removable archival Brodart cover. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. Sold by a bookseller of thirty-five years with grading experience. Book wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box not in a bag next business day.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385533039
ISBN-139780385533034
eBay Product ID (ePID)159870528

Product Key Features

Book TitleDoomed
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSatire, Coming of Age, Literary
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorChuck Palahniuk
Book SeriesDamned Trilogy
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-043095
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for DOOMED: "If you only read one book this year about a dead teenager posting on message boards about playing supernaturalist and tempting Satan's wrath, let it be this one." --Kirkus "...A grand, funny, troubling and rewarding read, and personally, I can't wait for the third of the trilogy. Damaged ? Delighted ? Devilled ? Doubted ? Simply Dead ? Maddie is my new post-alive heroine." -- The Guardian "Those who aren't frightened by the lurid littering of gutter humor and oozing bodily fluids will find in Doomed a master satirist and culture critic at the height of his bold, anarchic powers." -- Nashville Scene "Palahniuk's fans will surely be pleased..." --Publishers Weekly
Series Volume NumberBk. 2
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisMadison Spencer, the liveliest and snarkiest dead girl in the universe, continues the afterlife adventure begun in Chuck Palahniuk's bestseller "Damned." Just as that novel brought us a brilliant Hell that only he could imagine, "Doomed" is a dark and twisted apocalyptic vision from this provocative storyteller. The bestselling "Damned" chronicled Madison's journey across the unspeakable (and "really""gross") landscape of the afterlife to confront the Devil himself. But her story isn't over yet. In a series of electronic dispatches from the Great Beyond, "Doomed" describes the ultimate showdown between Good and Evil. After a Halloween ritual gone awry, Madison finds herself trapped in Purgatory--or, as mortals like you and I know it, Earth. She can see and hear every detail of the world she left behind, yet she's invisible to everyone who's still alive. Not only do people look right through her, they "walk" right through her as well. The upside is that, no longer subject to physical limitations, she can pass through doors and walls. Her first stop is her parents' luxurious apartment, where she encounters the ghost of her long-deceased grandmother. For Madison, the encounter triggers memories of the awful summer she spent upstate with Nana Minnie and her grandfather, Papadaddy. As she revisits the painful truth of what transpired over those months (including a disturbing and finally fatal meeting in a rest stop's fetid men's room, in which . . . well, never mind), her saga of eternal damnation takes on a new and sinister meaning. Satan has had Madison in his sights from the very beginning: through her and her narcissistic celebrity parents, he plans to engineer an era of eternal damnation. For "everyone." Once again, our unconventional but plucky heroine must face her fears and gather her wits for the battle of a lifetime. Dante Alighieri, watch your back; Chuck Palahniuk is gaining on you., Madison Spencer, the liveliest and snarkiest dead girl in the universe, continues the afterlife adventure begun in Chuck Palahniuk's bestseller Damned . Just as that novel brought us a brilliant Hell that only he could imagine, Doomed is a dark and twisted apocalyptic vision from this provocative storyteller. The bestselling Damned chronicled Madison's journey across the unspeakable (and really gross ) landscape of the afterlife to confront the Devil himself. But her story isn't over yet. In a series of electronic dispatches from the Great Beyond, Doomed describes the ultimate showdown between Good and Evil.      After a Halloween ritual gone awry, Madison finds herself trapped in Purgatory--or, as mortals like you and I know it, Earth. She can see and hear every detail of the world she left behind, yet she's invisible to everyone who's still alive. Not only do people look right through her, they walk right through her as well. The upside is that, no longer subject to physical limitations, she can pass through doors and walls. Her first stop is her parents' luxurious apartment, where she encounters the ghost of her long-deceased grandmother. For Madison, the encounter triggers memories of the awful summer she spent upstate with Nana Minnie and her grandfather, Papadaddy. As she revisits the painful truth of what transpired over those months (including a disturbing and finally fatal meeting in a rest stop's fetid men's room, in which . . . well, never mind), her saga of eternal damnation takes on a new and sinister meaning. Satan has had Madison in his sights from the very beginning: through her and her narcissistic celebrity parents, he plans to engineer an era of eternal damnation. For everyone .      Once again, our unconventional but plucky heroine must face her fears and gather her wits for the battle of a lifetime. Dante Alighieri, watch your back; Chuck Palahniuk is gaining on you.

All listings for this product

Buy It Nowselected
Any Conditionselected
New
Pre-owned

Ratings and Reviews

5.0
3 product ratings
  • 3 users rated this 5 out of 5 stars
  • 0 users rated this 4 out of 5 stars
  • 0 users rated this 3 out of 5 stars
  • 0 users rated this 2 out of 5 stars
  • 0 users rated this 1 out of 5 stars

Would recommend

Good value

Compelling content

Most relevant reviews

  • Funny as

    Excellent story, a great follow up to dammed

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned