Damned [Paperback]

“As gleefully, vividly, hilariously obscene as you'd expect. . . . Irreverent and hugely entertaining. —NPR

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark and brilliant satire about adolescence, Hell, and the Devil.  
 
Madison is the thirteen-year-old daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire. Abandoned at her Swiss boarding school over Christmas, she dies over the holiday, presumably of a marijuana overdose. The last thing she remembers is getting into a town car and falling asleep. Then she's waking up in Hell. Literally. Madison soon finds that she shares a cell with a motley crew of young sinners: a cheerleader, a jock, a nerd, and a punk rocker, united by their doomed fate, like an afterschool detention for the damned. Together they form an odd coalition and march across the unspeakable landscape of Hell--full of used diapers, dandruff, WiFi blackout spots, evil historical figures, and one horrific call center--to confront the Devil himself.

Praise forDamned:

As gleefully, vividly, hilariously obscene as you'd expect. . . . Irreverent and hugely entertaining. —NPR

Brilliant. . . . Palahniuk's descriptions of hell are inspired, crafted with great comic flair. . . . A winning and funny book. —The Washington Post

Hilarious. . . . The Judy Blume book from hell, just as Mr. Palahniuk intended. —The New York Times
 
When it comes to drawing up a vision of hell, there are few American writers better suited to the job than Chuck Palahniuk. —Los Angeles Times

Damnedis gross, sick, nasty, silly, all the things you want from the merry madman of American letters, Chuck Palahniuk. How can you not be instantly transfixed by an opening like this?: 'Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison. I'm just now arrived here, in Hell, but it's not my fault except for maybe dying from an overdose ofló¾