Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. He works alongside Victor at a re-enactment museum which is set in colonial times, and just so happens to have a large portion of its employees being recovering addicts sex, drugs, alcohol etc. To begin with, I despised Victor’s actions but it’s only as the story progresses that you begin to see the cause for these actions, which adds new layers to the character sympathy being one of them.Īs the story continues we meet a few of Victor’s friends, most of which are either deadbeats or are there to provide comic relief from the main plot, case in point, Denny. With Palahniuk’s usual charm he manages to turn Victor’s many self-defeating personality traits into his greatest empathies. This is the same ‘ son of Christ’ who is conning people out of their money and patrolling sex addiction sessions in order to pick up women.

Inside he learns that he is the direct descendant of Jesus Christ himself, or at least in his Mother’s words. Victor’s Mother, who suffers from Alzheimers, has no recollection of who he is, however she does give him a diary that’s written in Italian, her native language. Oh, and he may just be the son of Jesus Christ for good measure! But does this pack the same punch as Fight Club, or does it just fall flat on its face (the puns are mandatory)? Mix in his sub-servant day life, his sexual addictions, and his con-artist ways and you have a Chuck Palahniuk classic on your hands. In this case, through monthly payments to our antagonist, Victor Mancini who uses the outlays to pay for his terminally ill Mother’s healthcare. Once someone has saved your life they feel obliged to continue looking after you. It one about a man who cons people by pretending to choke on his food in fancy restaurants. What results is this strange mess of a book, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Imagine Chuck Palahniuk putting Invisible Monsters in a Heimlich manoeuvre.

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