Damned Book

Thirteen year old Madison has problems: she's overweight ignored by her movie star parents and in love with her adopted brother. She's also dead. But not just dead. Madison is in Hell. Chuck Palahniuk's latest "Damned" takes us on Madison's journey through Hell as she navigates the Hillocks of Discarded Nail Pairings and the River of Vomit meeting everyone from Charles Darwin to Marilyn Monroe with a colorful cast of characters (damned for unspeakable acts like wearing white shoes after Labor Day) to determine why she's really there and whether she will be damned for eternity. In "Damned" Hell really does exist as a place where your only career choice is telemarketer (yes that's where those calls actually originate) the currency is Halloween candy and 'the in-flight movie is always "The English Patient" never "The Breakfast Club"'. With witty laugh-out-loud prose and a twist like only Palahniuk can write this dark comedic novel is sure to be ranked among his best.

Meet Madison, whip-tongued daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire, abandoned at a Swiss boarding school over Christmas. Madison dies of a marijuana overdose and awakes to find herself in Hell, sharing her cell with a motley crew of...