Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk is not a man to shy away from the controversial and grotesque (I recommend, if that's the right word, reading his short story 'guts' if you dare). So it seems fitting for him to write a book about pornography. There are themes of confused incest, betrayal, embarrassment, prejudice, and a lot of reference to realising or not realising when you have become old and tired. The book is set in one room, a waiting room for 600 men, all waiting to be part of a huge pornographic record, being on screen and engaging in a sex act with Cassie Wright, a porn priestess, coming to the end of her career and going out with a bang. The story is told ...  Read the complete review