Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk - Review

These are dark stories. True stories. Disturbing stories. Scary stories. But through all that, there is some fun, some hope. Highly recommended.

The same can be said for all of Palahniuk’s work (Fight Club, Lullaby, Diary, etc.) This is why I find his books captivating – irresistibly good reads. I typically hesitate when it comes to non-fiction – and this book did sit on my shelf for a good long while – but once I started reading I tried so hard to read as s-l-o-w-l-y as possible so that it might last one day longer.

This collection of – true stories – is separated into three sections: People Together, Portraits, and Personal. Each section is full of tales that read like fiction, that make you question how you could have possibly not seen the world he describes. From combine demolition derbies and submarine life to castle builders and “Rocket Guy,” to searching for dead bodies in the mud and shuttling the dying around town to Brad Pitt’s lips and his father’s murder, Chuck Palahniuk presents us with a collection of tales truly Stranger Than Fiction.Chuck and Josh recommend stories by Amy Hempel – an AMAZING minimalist short-story writer. “Church Cancels Cow” - HA!