Adjustment day / Chuck Palahniuk.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501995484
- Physical Description: 11 audio discs (approximately 12.75 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2018]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact disc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Corey Allen. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | World War III > Fiction. |
Genre: | Humorous fiction. Humorous fiction. Satirical literature. Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Trails Regional. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Carthage Public Library | CD Palahniuk, Chuck (Text) | 34MO2001799950 | Adult Compact Disc Books | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Paris | F PALAHNIUK (Text) | 2004199563 | CD Shelves | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | AUDIO CD FICTION PALAHNIUK 2018 (Text) | 0001002246443 | Audiobook | Available | - |
Polk County Library-Bolivar | CD PAL (Text) | 34531000196951 | Audiobooks | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Warrensburg | CD FIC Pal (Text) | 220472923+ | CDs | Available | - |
Washington Public Library | CDSP PAL (Text) | 3151034063 | CD Spoken | Available | - |
Webb City Public Library | Adult Audio Fic Palahniuk, Chuck (Text) | 38262300003672 | Adult Audio Books | Available | - |
Library Journal Review
Adjustment Day
Library Journal
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Palahniuk (Fight Club) joins Sinclair Lewis and George Orwell in Dystopia, where Adjustment Day is the culmination of an underclass revolution wherein whole legislatures and individuals with lots of votes on "the list"-the "elites"-are slaughtered. Its originator, a delusional geriatric named Talbott Reynolds, claims that the problem with America is ethnic and sexual mixing. So the country is divided: the Deep South becomes Blacktopia (and thrives), California becomes Gaysia (repression and unrest), and the rest becomes Caucasia (a weird paradise for the former underclass, a nightmare for others). -Palahniuk is a skilled stylist prone to complicated diction and gargantuan sentences. The book is also heavy with allusion: once in pursuit of a point, the author references in succession The Great Gatsby, Gone with the Wind, Valley of the Dolls, and his above-mentioned novel. There are traces of noir, magical realism, sf, and horror. It's all there, with the power to amuse, astound, and provoke, with material sure to offend (probably multiple times) almost everyone. Additionally, readers must get through several hundred pages to learn what happens to Hispanics and Asians. Nevertheless, it's a book for 2018. VERDICT Palahniuk is an acquired taste; those who have it will devour this, for others, it might be the place to start. [See Prepub Alert, 11/27/17.]- Robert E. Brown, Oswego, NY © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.