✍ Scribed by Palahniuk, Chuck
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SUMMARY:
Victor Mancini, obsédé sexuel nt fils modèle, est ruiné par l'hospitalisation de sa mère, atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Pour faire face à ses dépenses, il met au point un stratagème extravagant : faire mine de s'asphyxier avec la nourriture en dînant dans des restaurants chic et gagner la compassion d'une clientèle de luxe. Entre deux crises d'étouffement au caviar, Victor travaille comme figurant dans un parc à thème historique et participe à des séances de thérapie collective pour drogués du sexe incurables. Mais c'est au chevet de sa mère qu'il retrouve intacte la folie galopante qui a ravagé son enfance. Derrière le délire sénile de cette vieille dame indigne, parviendra-t-il à percer à jour l'hallucinant secret de ses origines ? Une Amérique schizophrène est la toile de fond de cette tragi-comédie brillante et féroce, où Palahniuk s'affirme au croisement de John Kennedy Toole et de Bret Easton Ellis.
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