"What sets Shock Induction apart in the Palahniuk oeuvre is its experimentation with form, rendered with a playfulness directed straight out of the page at the reader. Shock Induction is not your standard novel. But Palahniuk is not your standard novelist."-- Seattle Times "The author of Fight Club returns with another dark satire about the inhuman condition, this time exploring disappearing high schoolers, sleazy billionaires and the choices we make to get through life." -- Toronto Star "Palahniuk reinvents his writing style for this slim volume, which moves at a quick pace with lots of big ideas and dark humor." -- Variety "[N]obody takes an idea and runs with it the way Palahniuk does. His teen suicide story is set in a brilliantly realized near-future in which the super-wealthy keep students under surveillance from the day they're born, deciding which will be offered a job--and a lifetime spent under the control of their employer (even this is just a tiny sampling of the wonderful, scary, funny ideas in this book). Palahniuk's fans will be delighted.

" -- Booklist "Die-hard Palahniuk fans will lap this up." -- Publishers Weekly "Readers' choice whether this is a coded message, a spiked cocktail, or just a secret love letter to art." -- Kirkus Reviews.