re: #97 katemaclaren
Chuck Palahniuk is this generation’s Kurt Vonnegut. Fight Club is his most popular book but Choke is well worth reading too. He’s a bit darker than Vonnegut and I suspect he has a pretty strong Zen influence. Some of his stuff can be pretty disturbing but it isn’t just about shock value. He’s one of the only modern fiction writers who actually seems to have something to say. Give him a try.