{"product_id":"survivor-9780393047028","title":"Survivor","description":"Tender Branson -- last surviving member of the so-called \"Creedish Death Cult\" -- is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach \u003cem\u003eterminal velocity\u003c\/em\u003e and crash into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, \u003cem\u003eSaved from Salvation\u003c\/em\u003e, and the even better selling \u003cem\u003eBook of Very Common Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll even share his insight that \"the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage,\" and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Landfill -- a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not since Kurt Vonnegut's \u003cem\u003eMother Night\u003c\/em\u003e and Jerzy Kosinski's \u003cem\u003eBeing There\u003c\/em\u003e has there been as black and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak, and it marks him as a blazing talent for the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalahniuk, Chuck:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c\/strong\u003e is the best-selling author of more than eighteen fictional works, including \u003cem\u003eFight Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInvisible Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSurvivor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChoke\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLullaby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHaunted\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePygmy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTell-All\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDamned\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDoomed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful You\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Invention of Sound\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556170600722,"sku":"9780393047028","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33ab7dca-5886-458e-a1e3-708b6b119f4d.jpg?v=1731749057","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/survivor-9780393047028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}