Chuck Palahniuk (official site and really good fan site) is one of my favourite authors ever. Snuff cemented my love for him again.

The book is about porn queen Cassie Wright, who wants to set a record by sleeping with 600 men during one shoot. It’s written from the perspective of Mr. 72, Mr. 137 and Mr. 600, and her personal assistant Sheila.
As the men wait their turn and Sheila keeps things organised, we get glimpses of their backgrounds, snipets of porn trivia, but also rarely known facts and rumours about big Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and Rock Hudson.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a Palahniuk without a twist nobody expected.

I loved it. It’s funny, well researched (as far as I can tell) and he manages to mention the greatest porn titles ever (although he doesn’t mention Shaving Ryan’s Privates, my personal favourite. Probably because it’s not really a porn, but a documentary).

This time I thought that I would get his twist, before he revealed it. But I was wrong, of course.

It’s a “I want to read it again”, perfect novel, with one fault: it’s short. It took me maybe 4 hours to read, and I’m a rather slow reader.

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In related news: He’s got a new book scheduled for spring 2009, Pygmy.