{"product_id":"choke-9780385720922","title":"Choke","description":"Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be saved by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park. His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHUCK PALAHNIUK is the author of fourteen novels--\u003ci\u003eBeautiful You, Doomed, Damned, Tell-All, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Haunted, Diary, Lullaby, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e--which have sold more than five million copies altogether in the United States. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eFugitives and Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e, published as part of the Crown Journey Series, and the nonfiction collection\u003ci\u003e Stranger Than Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him on the web at chuckpalahniuk.net.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620040511762,"sku":"9780385720922","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b47c43a-279b-454e-aac5-2b022afdfe67.jpg?v=1732559479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/choke-9780385720922","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}