Chuck Palahniuk Reading, QA and Signing in Philadelphia

Chuck Palahniuk author of such contemporary literary classics as Fight Club (a great film) and Choke (we would like to forget they made this one into a film) will be stopping at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Friday, May 8th at 7:30pm for an interview by Duane Swierczynski (Former editor of the City Paper, novelist and comic book author) in support of his newest book Pygmy which is set to come out May 5th.

Pygmy is about “a 13-year-old foreign exchange student sent to live with a suburban, white, middle-class family. Oh, and they’re Christians. The visit is for six months, and he’s one of a dozen similar kids, all shipped to America to live with typical families. The secret truth is that Pygmy is a terrorist, trained since infancy in martial arts, chemistry and radical hatred of the United States. He has six months to build a prize-winning project for the National Science Fair. If he succeeds, he and his project will go to Washington, D.C. for the finals competition — where the project will explode, killing millions.” So in typical Palahniuk fashion this one is not for the easily offended.

So come early, even though the event is listed to begin at 7:30 the line is listed to begin forming at 5:00. The first 150 people in line will have the opportunity to have their copies of Pygmy, and two back list titles, personalized. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase as well. This event is free to the public and not suggested for a first blind date.