false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255623525m/4601396.jpg 4601396 13 <p><i>“Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name: Operation Havoc.” <br></i><br>Thus speaks Pygmy, one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the United States, disguised as exchange students, to live with typical American families and blend in, all the while planning an unspecified act of massive terrorism. Palahniuk depicts Midwestern life through the eyes of this thoroughly indoctrinated little killer, who hates us with a passion, in this cunning double-edged satire of an American xenophobia that might, in fact, be completely justified. For Pygmy and his fellow operatives are cooking up something big, something truly awful, that will bring this big dumb country and its fat dumb inhabitants to their knees.<br><br>It's a comedy.</p> 4651129 book 19 5 2009 Pygmy total:1291|5:128|4:320|3:419|2:279|1:145| 1291 3880 3070 368 2 16 false true Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:17:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 11:48:05 -0800 2009 Snuff, but only because it's better than Snuff. Like, in hope that ol' Chuck's on an upswing?

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