Probably gratuitously nasty but then that's Palahniuk's thing really.
- CP is gay so any LGBTQIA+ stuff is probably in-bitching
- CP was born on the same day as D. Foster Wallace
- yes, Joelle van Dyne! Hadn't thought of it until now. ALTHOUGH as I understand it JvD isn't disfigured, she veils herself because she's the protagonist of The Entertainment and her face is too recognisable. She covers her face for her own safety and anonymity so not at all the same.