Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey
Rant.
All the trappings of Palahniuk’s previous books are present in spades. There’s the bizarre sexuality, the vomit-inducing horror descriptions, and plenty of the supernatural to go around. This is definitely a Palahniuk book, but it’s also a little different. Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey is probably the closest thing to a Fight Club sequel the world will ever see, but thankfully Palahniuk has done away with the repetitious rhythmic phrases, choosing to weave his themes in subtler ways. I don’t want to say too much, because most of the enjoyment of the book is unraveling the secrets of the characters, plot, and world, but Rant is what you would get if Palahniuk wrote the novelization of Donnie Darko. This book is a welcome return to form for the author after he had a bit of a slump with Diary and Haunted.
