After Fight Club, I went on something of a rampage through the books of
Chuck Palahniuk which only ended once I got to Rant. Not many of Chuck's books
since then have really popped up on my radar, but Phoenix makes me think it
might be time for us to get reacquainted (in fact, I may need to read Survivor
again)
A short story that took no time at all to read but stuck in my mind for a
long time afterwards, Phoenix sees us visit the hotel room of Rachel, working
away from home and checking in by phone with her husband Ted and three year old
daughter April. Except April won't talk to Rachel, and as we learn through
flashback of the fate Ted's cat Belinda Carlisle and their former home, this darkly funny tale builds to a disturbing finale.
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