The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk (English) Compact Disc Book

Description: The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk, Jefferson Mays A fathers decades-long search for a missing daughter.A young woman about to perfect the darkest art.The most dangerous secret Hollywood has ever kept.Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. Hes never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth.Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, shes become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real.Soon Foster and Mitzi find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywoods glamorous façade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, THE INVENTION OF SOUND is Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers--his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet. FORMAT Compact Disc LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Chuck Palahniuk has been a nationally bestselling author since his first novel, 1996s Fight Club, was made into the acclaimed David Fincher film of the same name. Palahniuks work has sold millions of copies worldwide. He lives outside Portland, Oregon. Jefferson Mays, an Earphones Awards-winning narrator, is also an award-winning theater and film actor. In 2004 he won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and a Theatre World Award for his solo Broadway performance in I Am My Own Wife, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Doug Wright. He holds a BA from Yale College and an MFA from University of California-San Diego. Review "Like Edgar Allan Poe, Palahniuk is a bracingly toxic purveyor of dread and mounting horror. He makes nihilism fun."-- "Vanity Fair on The Invention of Sound""One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters."-- "Washington Post, praise for the author" Review Quote "One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters." Details ISBN1549106856 Author Jefferson Mays Publisher Grand Central Publishing Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1549106856 ISBN-13 9781549106859 Format Compact Disc Publication Date 2020-09-08 DEWEY 813.6 Playing time 407 Imprint Grand Central Publishing Narrator Jefferson Mays Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158410154;

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