Beautiful You
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Beautiful You is a satirical novel by Chuck Palahniuk that skewers consumer culture, sexuality, and power through a darkly comic story about a revolutionary line of female pleasure products.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beautiful You canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consumer culture
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corporate control ⓘ feminism ⓘ mass marketing ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Rodrigo Corral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Make Something Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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satire ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-385-53905-2 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 336 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
absurdist elements
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
C. Linus Maxwell
NERFINISHED
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Penny Harrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of late capitalism
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satire of the sex-toy industry ⓘ |
| partOf | Chuck Palahniuk bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
development of a line of female pleasure products
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global consumer craze ⓘ legal battles and media spectacle ⓘ |
| precededBy | Doomed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
celebrity culture
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female sexuality ⓘ self-help culture ⓘ technology and intimacy ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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