Lullaby
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Lullaby is a darkly comic horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk that follows a journalist who discovers a deadly "culling song" capable of killing anyone who hears it.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lullaby canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy novel
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horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | deadly lullaby ⓘ |
| containsElement |
occult practices
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road trip ⓘ supernatural curse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Diary ⓘ |
| follows | Choke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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horror fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | film adaptation in development (various attempts) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
death by sound
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repetition of phrases ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780385504470 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
minimalist prose
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Carl Streator
NERFINISHED
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Helen Hoover Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mona Sabbat NERFINISHED ⓘ Oyster ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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use of a lethal nursery rhyme as a plot device ⓘ |
| pageCount | 260 (approximate, first edition) ⓘ |
| partOf | Chuck Palahniuk bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A journalist discovers an African "culling song" that can kill anyone who hears or is thought about while the song is recited. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| theme |
grief and loss
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media sensationalism ⓘ power of words ⓘ responsibility for power ⓘ |
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