THE SURVIVOR

Caretaker Branson, last survivor of the mysterious "Secession of the Faithful" and sole occupant of a Boeing 747 bound for Australia, is in the cockpit to tell the story of his life in the plane's black box before it hits the ground. Raised in the confines of an oppressive sect, the Caretaker suddenly becomes famous when all the members of the sect commit mass suicide. He turns into a messiah of urban jitters, writes yuppie prayers, performs miracles on live television, only to dramatically use up his fifteen minutes of fame and end up fueling the fire the media lit for him. Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, gives us a book where the dark humor of Kurt Vonnegut's most imaginative moments is combined with the scathing surrealism of Thomas Pynchon, offering the reader an explosive mix of subversive writing. "Perhaps our generation has found its own Don DeLillio." Brett Easton Ellis "One of the most innovative and interesting writers to appear in many years." Newsday