CHUCK PALAHNIUK
Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

Please note the earlier than usual (for us) starting time. On the occasion of the publication of his eighth novel, the Pacific Northwest's own Chuck Palahniuk makes this welcome Seattle return to read (and do other entertaining things) for the newest, Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey (Doubleday). This is another walk on the not-mild side. "In his eighth novel, Palahniuk uses a new form—oral biography—to revisit the themes that have always informed his oeuvre. Buster 'Rant' Casey, a naturopathic serial killer, is dead, and those who survive him—family, friends, hangers-on—are trying to make sense of the void left by his passing...the author explores the topics that have always intrigued him: uniqueness and belonging, cross-generational panic, the search for authenticity, and the consume-or-die worldview...Outrageous, full of energetic humor, Rant is a memorable portrait of the cults that gather around authentically different people and a portrait of dystopia that feels unsettlingly contemporary." - Keir Graff, Booklist. Chuck Palahniuk's nights up here (even those back in the beginning when it was small audience in the Elliott Bay basement) are like no other...$5 tickets are available at Elliott Bay. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600.

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