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Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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He was assaulting the world by assaulting himself.
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