I agree. I’m a huge fan of Palahniuk and devour each of his books as soon as I can get my hands on them (I also have the US version), but this did feel like a minor entry. Almost an extended rift on something which could have been a short story in his portmanteau-style collection Haunted.

I saw the man himself at a reading in Camden last month and he revealed that Snuff began life as a play and went so far as having an unnamed Hollywood A-list read through only for Palahniuk to decide it didn’t work in that format.

His last novel, Rant, was another great read and a short story he read in Camden (and said he doesn’t intend to publish) was a wonderful experience to stand through. And I’m looking forward to seeing the movie adaptation of Choke which comes out here later this month – but I hope that wherever he goes next after Snuff has a little more flesh to it (if you’ll excuse the pun).

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