Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
A ne’er-do-well comes up with a scheme to help pay for his mother’s medical care after he drops out of medical school and has difficulty holding down a job. He dines at upscale restaurants and pretends to choke and somehow his saviors become beholden to him, emotionally and financially. I loved the concept for this novel and who could resist this opening line…”If you’re going to read this, don’t bother.”
In addition to scamming diners at fancy restaurants, Vincent Mancini also frequents 12 step programs for sex addicts where he arrives early and convinces members to give in to their addictions with him. He slowly reveals his very troubled upbringing by an unstable mother.
Vincent’s mother, Ida Mancini, is refered to as “The Mommy” and has quite a sordid history. Continually found to be unfit, she somehow manages to keep abducting Vincent from his many foster homes.
Denny is a coworker of Vincent’s and has an assortment of behavioral issues and is likely befriended because he is relatable to Vincent.
Vincent meets Dr. Paige Marshall at the hospital where his mother is a patient and she tries to convince him that she can uncover the truth behind his mother’s very sordid tales.
Quotes:
Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it’s only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.
It’s pathetic how we can’t live with the things we can’t understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed. Even if it’s for sure unexplainable. Even God.
Not sure how I’d feel about meeting up with Mr. Palahniuk and it certainly would not be at a 12 step meeting. But seriously, I think I’d really like to talk to him about his ability to create unique concepts for novels while distracting the lazy reader with sexual descriptives and keeping hold of those who could look beyond the banal.
My rating for Choke is an 8 out of 10.
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Source: https://vsudia.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/choke-by-chuck-palahniuk/
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