Decoding Palahniuk’s characteristically scathing observations is a challenge, as Pygmy’s narrative voice is unbound by rules of grammar or structure (a typical sentence: “Host father mount altar so stance beside bin empty of water”), but perseverance is its own perverse reward in this singular, comic accomplishment. Visit memorial acclaimed war hero Colonel Sanders.

Chuck Palahniuk, Pygmy 188 likes Like Seek midday nourishment. Narrated by skinny 13-year-old Pgymy, the propulsive plot deconstructs American fixtures, among them church (“religion propaganda distribution outlet”), spelling bees (“forced battle to list English alphabet letters”) and TV news reporters (“Horde scavenger feast at overflowing anus of world history”), before moving on to a Columbine-like shooting spree by a closeted kid who has fallen in love with the teenage terrorist who raped him in a shopping mall bathroom. Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk 28,301 ratings, 2.97 average rating, 2,090 reviews Open Preview Pygmy Quotes Showing 1-16 of 16 Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people. It is richly detailed with linguistic tricks, that often read like poetry, to amuse the reader. Their mission: to bring the nation to its knees through Operation Havoc, an act of mass destruction disguised as a science project. While Chuck Palahniuk's PYGMY clocks in at 241 pages in the hardback edition, it reads like a short story, launching the reader directly into its world without warning, careening rapidly towards its conclusion and ending abruptly. A gang of adolescent terrorists trained by an unspecified totalitarian state (the boys and girls are guided by quotations attributed to Marx, Hitler, Augusto Pinochet, Idi Amin, etc.) infiltrate America as foreign exchange students. ) is a potent if cartoonish cultural satire that succeeds despite its stridently confounding prose.