Haunted

English language

Published April 11, 2006

ISBN:
978-1-4000-3282-2
Copied ISBN!

View on Inventaire

3 stars (4 reviews)

Haunted is a 2005 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The plot is a frame story for a series of 23 short stories, most preceded by a free verse poem. Each story is followed by a chapter of the main narrative, is told by a character in main narrative, and ties back into the main story in some way. Typical of Palahniuk's work, the dominant motifs in Haunted are sexual deviance, sexual identity, desperation, social distastefulness, disease, murder, death, and existentialism. The synopsis on the dustjacket describes Haunted as a satire of reality television, but according to Palahniuk, the novel is actually about "the battle for credibility" that has resulted from the ease with which one can publish through the use of modern technology.[1]The cover of the 2006 U.S. trade paperback reprint features a glow-in-the-dark image.

5 editions

Review of 'Haunted' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Well this is the first "marmite" book I have ever read, you either love it or hate it. I loved it. Chuck has done everything he can think of to offend everybody and looking at various reviews of this book I think he has done a damned fine job.

I'm not a fan of short stories but the way things are weaved together in this book it kept me interested and hunting for links to previous stories.

I also learnt quite a bit whilst reading this and was constantly checking facts on my phone.

A big thanks to Guy Portman for recommending this book to me.