Chuck P. and Me

Chuck Palahniuk is coming to the Free Library of Philadelphia tomorrow night, and I've been asked to MC and do a live Q&A. The event is free, but you'll definitely want to show up early, especially if you want a seat or a book signed. (I believe the line starts forming at 5 p.m.) There will be games, prizes, questions, fairy tales... all of kinds of fun stuff. Palahniuk is here on tour for his latest novel, Pygmy, which is about a pre-teen terrorist army posing as foreign exchange students, and narrated by a "agent number 67" in the freakiest, most hyper-violent voice since A Clockwork Orange. Here's a sample, from the very first page, as agent number 67 sizes up a passport control officer:

Man, ancient penned anial dying of too tall, pooled heavy glood hanging in leg veins. Trapped all day, then could be next walk to toilet pow-pow, clot knock out brain.

Hope to see some of you there. And if you have any questions you'd like me to ask on your behalf, leave them in the comments below.

Update: Here's a podcast of the program, courtesy the Free Library's Andrew Kahan.