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Damned

Chuck Palahniuk

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From the bestselling author of the generation-defining classic Fight Club comes a dark and brilliant satire about adolescence, Hell, and the Devil.

“As gleefully, vividly, hilariously obscene as you'd expect. . . . Irreverent and hugely entertaining." —NPR

Madison is the thirteen-year-old daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire. Abandoned at her Swiss boarding school over Christmas, she dies over the holiday, presumably of a marijuana overdose. The last thing she remembers is getting into a town car and falling asleep. Then she's waking up in Hell. Literally. Madison soon finds that she shares a cell with a motley crew of young sinners: a cheerleader, a jock, a nerd, and a punk rocker, united by their doomed fate, like an afterschool detention for the damned. Together they form an odd coalition and march across the unspeakable landscape of Hell--full of used diapers, dandruff, WiFi blackout spots, evil historical figures, and one horrific call center--to confront the Devil himself.

FictionLiterary FictionAdult
Pages
256
First published
January 1, 2011
Language
English
Edition
Ebook

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  • Finished September 15, 2026

  • Started December 11, 2025 · Finished December 12, 2025

    I am starting to wonder if maybe this author is not for me, but I am intrigued and mildly entertained by his writing. I was not a fan of any of the characters in this and the FMC is a complete brat through and through lol but I expect nothing less from a 13 yo dead girl trying to survive in hell... The end was good, I may be tempted to read book 2... just maybe.