7/5/2023 0 Comments Palahniuk adjustment day“I had no idea it would get as bad as it is at this point,” he says. Seeing a potential story, he began meeting these figures upon his return to the US, although Palahniuk admits he didn’t predict how relevant the subject would become. The inspiration for this book stemmed from reading American ‘alt-right’ websites while in Madrid six years ago. Cacophony Society, the prank group that inspired Fight Club’s Project Mayhem, hold their annual Santa-themed rally. He explains, “It’s about exploring your fears more than anything.” He’s attended support groups for terminal illness and sex addiction, partaken in anarchistic societies and visited cults – subjects that will be familiar to his readers. Originally a journalist, Palahniuk employs unusual depths of research and lived experience to bring his books to life. It would be a kind of pornography that would leave them exhausted by showing them exactly what they might like to see in the world.” ‘I had no idea it would get as bad as it is’ He explains, “I just wanted to write a cathartic book, a book that the darkest fantasies of a lot of people…so that maybe people would have a sense of release by the end.
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