SNUFF (Chuck Palahniuk) - August 5/08

Yet another impossibly sordid book from Chuck, Snuff follows three men as they await their turn at a 600-man gangbang. Infused with grisly details and nausea-inducing descriptions, Snuff is initially oppressive in its plotlessness. There reaches a point, however, where things start to get more interesting thanks to Palahniuk's inclusion of unexpected plot twists, ie the female wrangler turns out to be Cassie's long-lost child, Cassie and the bronze guy are fused together in a sexually explicit position, etc. But really, doesn't Palahniuk ever tire of the relentless sleaze within in his works? **1/2 out of ****