Stranger Than Fiction - Chuck Palahniuk

http://www.powells.com/biblio/18-9780385722223-0: This is a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces by the author of Choke (read and reviewed a couple months ago) and Fight Club. Many of the pieces reveal very personal information about Palahniuk - including the fact that his grandfather murdered his grandmother and then commited suicide in front of Palahniuk's then 4 year old father. The summer Fight Club came out in the theaters, Palahniuk's father was shot and killed by the ex of his short-term girlfriend. Palahniuk also reveals his methods for collecting stories and tidbits that often end up in his fiction writing. The pieces are funny, clever, random, interesting, disgusting, and everything in between. I am a huge fan of Palahniuk's writing, and if you enjoy his novels, I would recommend this.