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...book is narrated from the point of view of Hazie Coogan, the handler of aging actress and box office gold, Katherine Kenton. Though this pair is fictional, the world they occupy is full of real characters, although at the mercy of Palahniuk’s historical and anachronistic distortions. In the style of Patrick Bateman of “American Psycho,” Coogan’s narration is a constant barrage of brand names, celebrities, and historical references. The narrator self-consciously refers to this multiple times as “name-dropping Tourette’s syndrome...
Palahniuk takes his time at the beginning of the novel introducing the character of Katherine Kenton, who seems like a cross between Katharine Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lindsay Lohan. In the narration, Coogan discusses her own endless maneuvering to manage Kenton’s movie-star image, calling the actress, “my work-in-progress,” and adding, “My job title is not that of nanny or guardian angel, but I perform duties of both.” The reader follows as she juggles Kenton’s drug use, serial...
...book succeeds most is on the level of satire. Unlike in his previous books, Palahniuk does not show his readers a secret or paranormal world, but instead takes one especially familiar to most modern audiences and exaggerates its flaws to significant comic effect. For example in one scene, Katherine Kenton decides to adopt a child, and after an extended perusal of infants, she decides that none of them go with her newly painted walls. There is a similar kind of witty iciness throughout, which gives off the air of certain modern celebrities under the guise of a distant...
...Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07, Harvard will always be more than just their alma mater. The pair, who met at a Harvard football game, will celebrate their wedding on Dec. 20 at St. Paul Catholic Church and in the Dunster dining hall. The wedding procession down DeWolfe Street will be a familiar one. Vittori, an economics concentrator in Dunster, and Hetrick, an anthropology and chemistry concentrator in Mather, ate most of their meals during their undergraduate courtship in the dark wood dining hall where their reception will be held. Hetrick...
Masha O. Godina ’08 and Eric T. Hansford You can’t accuse Eric T. Hansford, the fiancé of Masha O. Godina ’08, of inconsistency. Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07 For Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07, Harvard will always be more than just their alma mater. Nicole Ali ’08 and James M. McNeer ’07 For those who lurk on Facebook hoping for romance, the tale...