UNC Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature

So, Chuck Palahniuk wrote Fight Club. Everyone has heard of it. Most people have seen the movie, but the book is a different story. It's sort of hard to read, every sentence is packed, and it's one of the few times I've found the movie to be better than the book.

But Invisible Monsters is just completely different. Different from anything I've read, actually, and possibly different from anything written. Strange is an understatement...

It starts off with a super model who has just had her jaw blown off, and then she meets a transsexual, currently undergoing surgery to become a woman. Add in an ex-fiance, a trip across country, and one confusing plot twist after another, and you can enjoy one of the weirdest books of your life.

It'll also explain the lyrics to Panic! at the Disco's song "Time to Dance"...Possibly leading to a more disturbing ending than just not know what the song means.

Here is the link to the Wikipedia summary:

DO NOT READ IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT FOR YOURSELF!
You might see the ending coming, but you definitely will if you read the summary!

Give it a try, the only downside is you might have to buy it, since it doesn't seem to be in either our libraries, or in the Chapel Hill Public Library. If you hate it, you could always donate it to the library, and then it would have a copy!

Enjoy!

To be such a well known novel, I found it really hard to find a good intro to put up here. It's a novel that most people have heard of but now I've got to wonder how many have really read it. Here's my lame attempt to give you a tiny version of what you could find on the book jacket.

Alex, our anti-hero, leads a small gang in a futuristic society...And they are up to no good. After some very disturbing and graphic scenes, Alex ends up in prison and is forced to undergo the Ludovico Technique, which is essentially hardcore aversion therapy.

Things you might want to know:
1. The book was published in 1962 by Anthony Burgess.
2. If you're too lazy/busy/cool to read it, here's a sparknote summary: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/clockworkorange/summary.html
3.This book does what it wants with the English language. There is a set of made up slang, called Nadsat. there's a good chance there's a glossary in the back of the book, but there's also a good chance there isn't. Here's a link to a dictionary http://soomka.com/nadsat.html but you don't need it. It just takes a little practice. It can be frustrating, but if you give it a chance you'll probably realize it's pretty cool.
4. It's a movie by Stanly Kubrick, and a fairly celebrated one at that. Yes, it's graphic. Yes, it's disturbing. Yes, you should definitely see it. The IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/combined and 65-DVD6451 is the number if you want to check it out of the MRC (It's free!)

Most of all, just try to enjoy it. It's not for class or anything, you don't even have to take notes!