Rant
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Rant is a transgressive, experimental novel by Chuck Palahniuk that chronicles the chaotic life and posthumous legend of Buster "Rant" Casey through an oral history format.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rant canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
death of Buster "Rant" Casey
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rabies epidemic ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
Party Crashing
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car crashes ⓘ |
| characterNameVariant | "Rant" Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
experimental fiction
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transgressive fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Buster "Rant" Casey
NERFINISHED
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Echo Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Taylor Simms NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ Shot Dunyun NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disease
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memory and identity ⓘ myth-making ⓘ posthumous reputation ⓘ social decay ⓘ time travel ⓘ urban legend ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor
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nonlinear collage of testimonies ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Buster Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | oral history ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| partOf | Chuck Palahniuk bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
rabies carrier
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thrill-seeker ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
rural American town
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unnamed city ⓘ |
| structure |
multi-perspective narrative
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| workChronologyRelation | later work by Chuck Palahniuk ⓘ |
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