Pygmy is the latest novel from Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. It's sort of a romantic comedy about a foreign exchange student who is really a terrorist set on carrying out something called Operation Havoc, but a potential romance with his host family's daughter gets in the way. While this book is probably more original than it needs to be, it is still not as good as some of Palahniuk's previous work.
This entire book is written in broken English, so it takes some deciphering to read it all. The narration sort of reminds me of the way Yoda speaks, and the only bits of ‘normal' dialogue come from quotations of other speakers in the story. Writing the book this way makes it read a little like poetry, and the author does have some fun with his descriptions of certain things. It can also make the task of reading this book rather daunting, but luckily it is a very short story and hardly even novel length.
You can read my full review of Pygmy at Epinions.com.
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Lullaby is pretty good, but Survivor is great. Invisible Monsters and Survivor and my favorites. Don't waste your time on Snuff, though. One of his more recent ones, Rant, is also very good. Get the audiobook of that one for an added treat.
Oh, and I have an autographed first edition copy of Fight Club. =)