BEAUTIFUL YOU is Palahniuk's much-anticipated satire of the emerging erotic thriller genre, a mash-up of mommy porn and chick lit ala Sex and the City, and fantasy lit ala Clan of the Cave Bear. Imagine if Ira Levin had a baby with Jean Auel.
“Sex is on the mind of author Chuck Palahniuk, and it is taken to
extremes and tweaked to outrageous lengths in his latest novel, Beautiful You. 50 Shades of Grey this isn’t. In fact, the book is almost a middle
finger to ‘mommy porn’ and the popularity of modern erotica—while also being a
smart, satirical take on misogyny, fame, the fashion industry, self-help, and
science… Palahniuk’s graphic storytelling is bound to ruffle puritanical
feathers—which is probably part of his point—but it’s essential to the societal
takedown. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture to
celebrity.”
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USA Today