![]() "That most rambunctious of American novelists, Chuck Palahniuk, is at it again. Palahniuk further refines his ability to create parables that are as substantial as they are off-the-wall." - The New York Times ![]() "A story so eccentric and complex that you begin to understand why Palahniuk's literature is a breed all its own." - USA Today "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Written with a style and imagination that could only come from Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby is the latest outrage from one of our most exciting writers at work today. Accompanied by a shady real-estate agent, her Wiccan assistant, and the assistant's truly annoying ecoterrorist boyfriend, Streator begins a desperate cross-country quest to put the culling song to rest. The only answer is to find and destroy every copy of the book in the country. As the body count rises, Streator glimpses the potential catastrophe if someone truly malicious finds out about the song. ![]() Reporter Carl Streator discovers the song's lethal nature while researching Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and before he knows it, he's reciting the poem to anyone who bothers him. You can find one on page 27 of Poems and Rhymes from Around the World, an anthology that is sitting on the shelves of libraries across the country, waiting to be picked up by unsuspecting readers. The lyrics of a culling song kill, whether spoken or even just thought. Ever heard of a culling song? It's a lullaby sung in Africa to give a painless death to the old or infirm. ![]()
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