
A young man swindles everyone around him as he tries to find money to care for his ailing mother. This is my favorite Palahniuk. Victor is a despicable deviant and the situations are ludicrous, but, boy, is it FUNNY. And the ending is fabulous. Proves that the protagonist doesn't have to be a good person (or even mildly well-behaved) to make a book great. Super twisted fun!