Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon [Paperback]

Chuck Palahniuk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic "Geek Love", Portland is the home of America's 'fugitives and refugees.' Get to know these folks, the "most cracked of the crackpots,' as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you might not otherwise actually believe actually exist. No other travel guide will give you this kind of access to "a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly sincere, fascinating people who maybe should've kept their mouths shut." Here are strange personal museums, wierd annual events and ghost stories. Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland. Visit swingers' sex clubs, gay and straight. See Frances Gabe's famous 1940's Self-cleaning house. Look into strange local customs like the I-Tit-a-Rod Race and the Santa rampage. Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson. Get to know, I mean really get to know, the animals at the Portland Zoo. Oh, the list goes on and on.

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk is the author of Fight Club (made into a film by director David Fincher), Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Choke and Lullaby. His latest novel is Diary. For more information, visit www chuckpalahniuk.net

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Vintage Books (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099464675
• ISBN-13: 978-0099464679
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Oregon

More About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk's novels are the bestselling Fight Club, which was made into a film by director David Fincher, Diary, Lullaby, Survivor, Haunted, and Invisible Monsters. Portions of Choke have appeared in Playboy, and Palahniuk's nonfiction work has been published by Gear, Black Book, The Stranger, and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, May 15, 2010

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S. Powell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Paperback)

Palahniuk gets it every time! This book is amazing. Only he could make what is essentially a travel guide so interesting and full of wit and interesting stories. I wish he would write more of these!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting look at an interesting city, February 15, 2010

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Daniel Gilson "gildobook" (san diego, ca) - See all my reviews
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Nobody does it like chuck palahniuk. I really wish there was a book like this for san diego. But there isn't. Not even close. He looks at portland like he looks at life in general, through a different perspective.