false 22285 25 <p><b>&#8220;Like most people I didn&#8217;t meet Rant Casey until after he was dead. That&#8217;s how it works for most celebrities: After they croak, their circle of friends just explodes.&#8230;&#8221;<br></b><br><br><i>Rant</i> is the mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, the literary provocateur responsible for such books as the generation-defining classic <i>Fight Club</i> and the pedal-to-the-metal horrorfest <i>Haunted</i>. It takes the form of an oral history of one Buster &#8220;Rant&#8221; Casey, who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time.<br><br><br><b>&#8220;What &#8216;Typhoid Mary&#8217; Mallon was to typhoid, what Gaetan Dugas was to AIDS, and Liu Jian-lun was to SARS, Buster Casey would become for rabies.&#8221;<br><br></b><br>A high school rebel who always wins (and a childhood murderer?), Rant Casey escapes from his small hometown of Middleton for the big city. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. On appointed nights participants recognize one another by such designated car markings as &#8220;Just Married&#8221; toothpaste graffiti and then stalk and crash into each other. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. Their collected anecdotes explore the possibility that his saliva caused a silent urban plague of rabies and that he found a way to escape the prison house of linear time.&#8230;<br><br><br><b>&#8220;The future you have, tomorrow, won&#8217;t be the same future you had, yesterday.&#8221;<br>&#8212;Rant Casey<br></b><br><br>Expect hilarity, horror, and blazing insight into the desperate and surreal contemporary human condition as only Chuck Palahniuk can deliver it. He's the postmillennial Jonathan Swift, the visionary to watch to learn what's &#8212;<i>uh-oh</i>&#8212;coming next.</p> 2902758 book 1 5 2007 Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey total:7519|5:1917|4:2528|3:2034|2:754|1:286| 7519 27593 10630 1047 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 1 13 false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 02 13:23:59 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 24 12:38:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 7 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 19:17:06 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 00:06:00 -0700 2007
The lowdown: Rant tells the story of Rant Ca...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 2 6 true Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 09:29:08 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 11:09:01 -0700 2008 finally seem to be breaking out of his mold at least a little; I skipped r...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 1 5 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 24 07:36:58 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 07:37:39 -0700 2008
Mediocre? Unfocused? Half-assed?

I am a big fan of Palahniuk. I love Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke, Diary, and Lullaby. I even like Haunted a bit. I think he is great at picking some aspect of American Culture and f...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 3 3 true Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 18 21:34:25 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 18:25:11 -0700 2008

Quotes:

"Anywhere you find yourself you can improve your skills."

"Despite the dreary sce...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 5 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 12:42:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 17:22:14 -0700 2007
So before anything else, a horrible confession: that this is the first novel by Chuck Palahniuk I've ever actually read from cover to cover. Yeah, I know, shame on me! And the reason this is...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 3 false Wed May 28 11:08:05 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 11:22:24 -0700 2008 Loved it !]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 2 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 09 13:48:17 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 20:08:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 3 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 15:45:19 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 10:32:05 -0700 2007
Part One: ok
So basicly rant is this screwed up kid in the american heartland. Grows up in the middle of no place, getting kicks from snakebits and coyote scratches. The kid is basically a te...more...]]> 22299 0385663498 9780385663496 110 26 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348507m/22299.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22299.Rant_The_Oral_History_of_Buster_Casey 5 3 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 09:46:18 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 19:54:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 3 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 13:59:16 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 12:43:05 -0700 2007
Part of the joy is the idea of a car...with a flaming Christmas tree on top...flying through the air into a body of water...to the, you know, strains of Philip Glass' Violin Concerto II.

Part of the joy comes from the fact this is the first third of a ...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 2 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 22:42:30 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 09:33:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 3 1 false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 22:28:26 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 16:42:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 1 1 false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 11:28:13 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 11:44:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 3 1 false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 00:50:22 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 00:53:38 -0700 2008
I enjoyed the pacing during the middle part that was mostly chronicling the party crashing, appreciating where he'd pulled inspiration- secret raves, art car culture, cruising culture, etc. I definitely picked up v...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 1 false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 11:48:28 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 14:44:33 -0700 2008
Without really getting into the plot (because, as with most CP books, it's best to dive in without ...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 1 true Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 22:35:30 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 11:29:03 -0700 2008
Hace tiempo no me divertía tanto con un libro, ni siquiera con el anterior de Chuck, Asfixia. Es más me divertí tan apasionadamente como con Nana. ¿Debo recordar que me expreso desde mi experiencia absolutamente subjetiv...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 2 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 10:24:33 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 11:33:45 -0700 2007
T...more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 3 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 06 15:11:26 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 15:02:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22285 0385517874 9780385517874 6850 948 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189907774m/22285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22285.Rant_An_Oral_Biography_of_Buster_Casey 5 1 true Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 18:34:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 18:42:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6318020