EEEEEEEEE. No one told me Chuck Palahniuk was releasing a new novel in May! ;A; I'M SO EXCITED. I finished Snuff last month and have been going through Palahniuk withdrawals.
I've just finished the first draft of a novel called "Pygmy," a dark comedy about terrorism and racism. The lead character is a 13-year-old foreign exchange student sent to live with a suburban, white, middle-class family. Oh, and they're Christians. The visit is for six months, and he's one of a dozen similar kids, all shipped to America to live with typical families.
The secret truth is that Pygmy is a terrorist, trained since infancy in martial arts, chemistry and radical hatred of the United States. He has six months to build a prize-winning project for the National Science Fair. If he succeeds, he and his project will go to Washington, D.C. for the finals competition -- where the project will explode, killing millions.
So far, Gerry Howard says it's the best book I've done. Fingers crossed for luck.
The response has been mixed and I think it's because it's a lot more... not necessarily controversial, but... I'm not sure. I personally can't wait to read it. X3
ILU, CHUUUCK. OMNOMNOM.