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Invisible monsters

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Invisible monsters / Chuck Palahniuk. -
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London : Vintage, 2000, c1999. -
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297 p. ; 20 cm
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0099285444
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Engleski
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Originally published: New York : W. W. Norton, 1999.

Palahniuk’s grotesque romp aims to skewer the ruthless superficiality of the fashion world and winds up with a tale as savagely glib as what it derides. Narrator Shannon McFarland, once a gorgeous fashion model, has been hideously disfigured in a mysterious drive-by shooting. Her jaw has been shot off, leaving her not only bereft of a career and boyfriend, but suddenly invisible to the world. Along comes no-nonsense, pill-popping diva Brandy Alexander, a resplendent, sassy, transgendered chick, who has modeled her body rearrangement--the breast implants, the hair, the figure--on what Shannon used to look like. Brandy suggests veils, high camp and no self-pity. Shannon wants revenge[...] Adding to the plot’s contrivances are the relentless flashbacks, heralded at the beginning of almost every paragraph with ˝Jump back to...˝ and the author’s pretentious device of using a fashion photographer’s commands (˝Flash. Give me adoration. Flash. Give me a break˝) to signpost the narrator’s epiphanies. Palahniuk writes like he’s overdosed on Details magazine. Though the absurd surprise ending may incite groans of disbelief, this book does have fun moments when campy banter tops the heroine’s flat, whiny bathos. (Sept.) FYI: The film of Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club will star Brad Pitt.

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