“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’ It’s weird and funny and mean and considerate all at once.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. This is social commentary as only Palahniuk could deliver it. You see, if you remove the book jacket for Adjustment Day, the blue hardcover beneath reads “Talbott Reynolds.” By simply carrying around the book in this state, you’ve become part of the narrative, which forces you to question how you’d conduct yourself in this society. As absurd as it is engaging, the novel lampoons our society’s hypocrisies, biases, and excesses, even while building a utopia that’s even more insane and dysfunctional.Īs always, Palahniuk goes deeper, even making the reader part of the story. Adjustment Day is coming, and it’ll change everything…for a while.Īdjustment Day is Palahniuk’s razor-sharp take on nationalism, conspiracy theories, and social movements. But there’s a new movement gathering strength in the shadows, one determined to set things right by any means.

Government officials are planning a sham war just to decimate the numbers of angry young men in the country. Racism, homophobia, and ignorance abound.

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