“Your blood is our gold.”
It seems that most writers (at least the ones I read) try their hand at channeling Shirley Jackson at some point and Diary by Chuck Palahniuk is certainly right up there with The Long Walk by Stephen King as one of the best. But Palahniuk is inventive enough to inject a copious amount of ideas of his own so it doesn’t feel borrowed at all.
Where The Lottery is a commentary on conformity, Diary is an indictment, not merely on greed, but the nature of wealth itself. Apart from the thematic elements, which I could go on and on about, this is a very funny book.
Highly recommended.
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