“Dark riffing on modernity is the reason people read Palahniuk. His books are not so much novels as jagged fables, cautionary tales about the creeping peril repre sented by almost everything.”

— Time

“Few writers this side of Kurt Vonnegut can summon up the intensity and precision to control such a blackly humorous situation…. Palahniuk is proving to be an accessible and ambitious writer of fables from the culture wars.”

— St. Petersburg Times

“Palahniuk conjures grief, confusion, mystery and fear from the unlikeliest sources … [and] teases amusement from the darkest corners of our culture.”

— The Oregonian

“By turns disturbing, creepy, sweet, sad, horrible and exquisite…. A harrowing and hilarious glimpse into the future of civilization.”

— Minneapolis Star Tribune

“[Palahniuk] knows how to spin whacked-out stories particular to our times…. Employs a playfully perverse wit and a good eye for repellent details.”

— The Seattle Times

“Twisted and nihilistic…. The novel packs a dark comic wallop.”

— Daily News

“A darkly twisted yarn…. Palahniuk has succeeded in crafting a story that is taut and compelling, insightful and scathing, deeply disturbing and deeply disturbed.”

— CNN.com

“Deliriously rich in ideas and entertaining in its stream-of-consciousness riffing”

— Book