Survivor is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk and published in February 1999. A satire of commercial culture, it is the story of Tender Branson, a member of the Creedish Church, a death cult. The chapters and pages are numbered backwards in the book, beginning with Chapter 47 on page 289 and ending with page 1 of Chapter 1.
In the book, every member learns how to be a servant for the human race—most of them are butlers and maids—and fear most human plea...
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Survivor is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk and published in February 1999. A satire of commercial culture, it is the story of Tender Branson, a member of the Creedish Church, a death cult. The chapters and pages are numbered backwards in the book, beginning with Chapter 47 on page 289 and ending with page 1 of Chapter 1.
In the book, every member learns how to be a servant for the human race—most of them are butlers and maids—and fear most human pleasures. They await a sign from God to tell them to deliver themselves unto Him; that is, they must commit suicide.
The sign finally comes, and a good ten years later, Tender becomes the last surviving member of the cult. He is thrown into mainstream culture and becomes a personal icon for many people.
Excerpt from chapter 25:
Like many of Palahniuk's books, the book begins at the end. Tender Branson is in the cockpit of a Boeing 747-400, and he is telling his life story to the black box. He is alone in the plane, which he hijacked; he tells the...
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