Choke

Synopsis

New york times bestseller • from the bestselling author of the generation-defining classic fight club comes a powerful (and hilarious) novel about the addictive power of sex, the terrors of aging, the ugly truth about historical theme parks, and much else. “sheer, anarchic fierceness of imagination. [a] raw and vital book. ” —the new york timesvictor mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants.