Once I establish a structure, it sort of frees my mind, I’ll say that. When it comes to writing new material, does the inspiration come from a variety of places from your everyday life or is it more of a mental thing where ideas randomly come to mind?ĬP: It’s always the kind of freedom of my conscious, or subconscious. RD: Throughout your career, your books have covered various topics ranging from dual personalities to death cults and to sex addiction among others. ![]() It’s this combination of clown, a menacing predator and a very regretful person, this combination of power and suffering has always been very engaging to me. We just wanted to set up this photo that had the pathos I’ve always seen in these mugshots of people online who have these face and neck tattoos. These photos usually look like realtor photos, they’re kind of like glamour shots in real estate ads. Author photos have always kind of struck me as an ultimate assurance to the reader that the author is something different and that a freaky book had a very conventional person behind it. Is there any story behind the photo of you accompanying the book’s release with you wearing a black hoodie while having face tattoos? Also Chuck PalahniukĬP: I worked with a friend to have that taken, we set it up a million years ago. Unconsciously, I was kind of exploring empire and how a small number of people live a fantastically wonderful life based on the death and suffering of everybody else. How did you get the idea for the book to have this theme?Ĭhuck Palahniuk: My intention originally is always about structure and in this case, I wanted to write what they would call a “cozy mystery.” It’s typically a book set in England or Ireland where somebody gets slaughtered in a village and the most unlikely person has to solve this grizzly crime, so structurally that’s how I started out. Rob Duguay: Not Forever, But For Now is a black comedy about a family of professional killers and a pair of brothers who are bound to take over the family business. We had a talk ahead of the appearance about the theme behind Not Forever, But For Now, the headshot he took to accompany the book’s release, his unique structural approach to writing and throwing candy at people who look at their phones. As part of a string of appearances in support of the book, Palahniuk is going to be at The Music Hall in Portsmouth on September 12 at 7 p.m. It’s titled Not Forever, But For Now and it just came out September 5. His work has centered on a wide array of topics, subjects and storylines, with his most recent book having a satirical sense of macabre serving as the undertone. ![]() ![]() Casual fans most likely know him from his books Fight Club, Choke and Invisible Monsters, with the first two being made into mainstream motion pictures. PORTSMOUTH, NH – With more than 20 books to his name, Chuck Palahniuk is one of the most acclaimed authors of the past 30 years. (Note: read more about his unusual headshot below). Catch author Chuck Palahniuk at The Music Hall on Sept.
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