Wednesday 29 February 2012

#30 Fugitives and Refugees

My first Chuck Palahniuk book, and it is about his town of Portland Oregon.  It is more of a travelogue for the slightly demented and bizarre.  Because nowhere does he describe the main sites like Powell's Books, Nike Town, Portlandia, or the touristy parts of downtown.  This is a book about Portland from someone who lives in Portland and tells you about the places that he likes to go.  And between each chapter there is a short story from his life in Portland, which I guess is autobiographical.

I will be in Portland next week, hopefully I can try and hit one of the places he talks about.  I haven't been to OMSI in a while...

(This is not my Palahniuk book for book club, I will be reading Pygmy.)

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