Haunted; Chuck Palahniuk

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It was supposed to be a 3 month writer's retreat. It turned into a contest to see who could suffer more. What A-list celebrity would play their part in the movie.

A collection of stories, one from each of the writers which has been kidnapped and locked in an old abandoned theater. Sealed off from the outside world. The only light, coming from racks of 15 watt bulbs between the windows and the brick which covers them.

The heat, water, food...all sabotaged by them. To enhance their suffering.


This is the 3rd of Chuck's books i've read, and thus far, the sickest, funniest and most disturbing. But like a train wreck, i couldn't look away.

one of the stories contained in the book, a 9 page story about Saint Gut-Free, one of the writers locked in the theater, a story that originally was too much for Playboy to publish, was read by Chuck on a world tour. In all 73 people fainted during the story of why the character only has 6 inches of large intestine left. in many cases it took over 30 minutes to read the story.

The full on offensive taken on all 5 senses in this book, elevates Chuck to a level that makes Stephen King look like Dr. Suess.