Description
In his first long-form fiction since Beautiful You in 2014, the author of Fight Club and Choke delivers another biting social satire in this riches-to-rags novella! This hardcover edition features beautiful colorable illustrations by Steve Morris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who worked on Palahnuik's Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color, and Mike Norton (Revival, Battlepug), with a cover by another Bait collaborator, Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy). Legacy is sure to engage readers with its boundary pushing story-telling while challenging their creative side through its visionary and twisted colorable imagery.
An amoral investment banker named Vincent receives an inheritance promising immortality. Unfortunately for Vincent to obtain imortality he has to contend with a flame-retardant stripper, a ruthless stalker, and a bloodthirsty horde of other aspiring immortals dead set in their desire to separate Vincent from his destiny.
Praise for Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color:
"The conceit is a blast. Ingenious...Palahniuk likes to involve his readers, and maybe even have them be co-conspirators. I loved this book. It's smart in a new way that deserves to be recognized. Congratulations once again to Palahniuk for showing us a new way to do things...and to make us involved."--FORCES OF GEEK
"Chuck Palahniuk is pushing boundaries again."--COMICBOOK.COM
About the Author
Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey,Fight Clubcame into existence. The adaptation ofFight Clubwas a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999,SurvivorandInvisible Monsters.Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel,Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writingLullabywith helping him cope with the tragic death of his father.Diaryand the non-fiction guide to Portland,Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in support ofDiary, Chuck began reading a short story entitled 'Guts,' which would eventually become part of the novelHaunted.In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestsellingRant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently,Doomed.Chuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to ChuckPalahniuk.net on the craft of writing. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. (all 36 of these essays can currently be found on The Cult's sister-site, LitReactor.com).Then, in 2009, Chuck increased his involvement by committing to read and review a selection of fan-written stories each month. The best stories are currently set to be published inBurnt Tongues, a forthcoming anthology, with an introduction written by Chuck himself.His next novel,Beautiful You, is due out in October 2014.
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