Pygmy
Books | Fiction / Satire
3.2
(141)
Chuck Palahniuk
A gang of adolescent terrorists, a spelling bee, and a terrible plan masquerading as a science project: This is Operation Havoc. Pygmy is one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the US disguised as exchange students. Living with American families to blend in, they are planning an unspecified act of massive terrorism that will bring this big dumb country and its fat dumb inhabitants to their knees. Palahniuk depicts Midwestern life through the eyes of this indoctrinated little killer in a cunning double-edged satire of American xenophobia.
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Author
Chuck Palahniuk
Pages
240
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2009-05-05
ISBN
038553034X 9780385530347
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"I was told prior to that this was going to be a tough read because of the way it is written, but it honestly didn’t bother me too much I got over it in like one chapter. Very fun & I would say scathing critique of American culture. "
Emily Listermann
"Well, I've been whining about how [a:Chuck Palahniuk|2546|Chuck Palahniuk|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1264506988p2/2546.jpg] keeps saying the same thing in different ways, about how it got old after I read [b:Invisible Monsters|22290|Invisible Monsters|Chuck Palahniuk|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210989634s/22290.jpg|849507]. Pygmy is different, and this makes me happy. The thing being said is really not all that different at all, but the delivery sure is. Maybe growing up in a home were English isn't our mother tongue gives me a bit of an advantage here, but I flew through this book. And that's kinda funny, 'cos it's the first Chuck Palahniuk book that I haven't raced to finish."
Nik Lal
"This is the nastiest book I've read so far. "
Fenny Mestre