Fugitives and Refugees

Posted on 12 June 2017 by Chuck Palahniuk

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk s tonsils currently reside Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets Curious about Chuck s debut in an MTV music video What goes on at the Scum Center How do you get to the Apocalypse Caf In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love, Portland is the home of America s fugitives and refugees Get to know these folks, the most cracked of the crackpots, as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you might not otherwise believe actually exist No other travel guide will give you this kind of access to a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly, sincere, fascinating people who maybe should ve kept their mouths shut Here are strange personal museums, weird annual events, and ghost stories Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland Visit swingers sex clubs, gay and straight See Frances Gabe s famous 1940s Self Cleaning House Look into strange local customs like the I Tit a Rod Race and the Santa Rampage Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson Get to know, I mean really get to know, the animals at the Portland zoo.Oh, the list goes on and on. New Download Fugitives and Refugees By Chuck Palahniuk For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr It s a quick read, and a fun primer in parts of Portland s underground and history, mixed with a bit of Palahnuik s attempt at autobiography I actually give this booklike two and a half stars, but since Goodreads doesn t work like Star Search, I don t have that option.The book lost points with me for being uncomfortably seedy in places to put itplainly, a chapter with restaurant recommendations, great local gardens, or tip...Just go to Portland I have been there 7 times Just outside of the city are the mountains and waterfalls a five minute drive Perhaps my favorite city in the U.S., it is full of life, culture, hate, and wonder and yet sti...Non Fiction Palahniuk takes us on a tour of Portland s sex clubs, hardware stores, gardens, and ghosts As long as you consider Newberg and Maryhill to be part of Portland, which they decidedly are not.I m not sure if this book will have any appeal to people unfamiliar with Portland the travel guide aspect is thin on the ground but I liked it Sometimes you just want to read a book about the place where you live That self satisfied thrill when you recognize the landmarks, the off hand di Non Fiction Palahniuk takes us on a tour of Portlan...I had issues with this For one, the ONLY time he talks about ethnicity in the book was when he was jumped by a group of black men with black hoods Identifying his muggers as black and OTHER sets himself on pretty shaky ground, and in a city that is 80 % white, i can t see how this is NOT an issue.ALSO he talks about a gay man who was trying to sleep with him which was capital NOT going to happen Again, you weren t going to sleep with anyone else in the book, so why single this man out I had issues with this For one, the ONLY time he talks about ethnicity in the book was when he was jumped by a group of black men with black hoods Identifying his muggers as black and OTHER sets himself on pretty shaky ground, and in a city that is 80 % white, i can t see how this is NOT an issue.ALSO he talks about a gay man who was trying to sleep with him which was capital NOT going to happen Again, you weren t going to sleep with anyone else in the book, so why single this man out Other than suspecting Palahniuk of racism and homophobia, the book is okay, other than the fact that it lingers for a LONG chapter on Portland s sex trade After those first gaffes, i didn t care any what he thought was interesting about the city By ...Review from my blog I started and finished Fugitives Refugees, thus ending my resolve to not read anyChuck books this week Yes, we re on a first name basis That s mainly cos I don t really know how to pronounce his last name and I feel better about just calling him Chuck Anyway, Fugitives Refugees was really good a series of vignettes and travel tips about and within Portland, Oregon my close personal friend Chuck s home since 1980 Some of them are crazy, some are fun, Review from my blog I started and finished Fugitives Refugees, thus ending my resolve to not read anyChuck books this week Yes, we re on a first name basis That s mainly cos I don t really know how to pronounce his last name and I feel better about just calling him Chuck Anyway, Fugitives Refugees was really good a series of vignettes and travel tips about and within Portland, Oregon my close personal friend Chuck s home since 1980 Some of them are crazy, some are fun, but all are uniquely Chuck s Yo...In short, this collection of non fiction essays is a love letter to Portland If the style of this guide book appeals to you, if the odd, macabre, and sometimes loathsome puts you in just the right mood, if you want an adventure, come to Portland Then read Fugitives and Refugees The rain merely keeps the riff raff out and the green...Love this book It is, however a decade old by now, so some of the stuff has aged and passed on.The Willamette Weekly did an awesome job covering all the stuff in this book in July 2013 to see what was still there, what was gone, and to make some suggestions There s the first article which gives a nice little history of the book itself the second which goes through just about everything between the co...Quotes Everyone in Portland is living a minimum of three lives, says Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love She says, Everyone has at least three identities They re a grocery store checker, an archaeologist, and biker guy, she says Or they re a poet, a drag queen, and a bookstore clerk The Devil s Triangle The tr...This series by Crown is an interesting one 2nd tier celebrities or, maybe better put, major figures in sub major circuits pen brief volumes that are half ode to their hometown half visitors guide to the city they love In a way, it could be a comprehensive guide to where that person would take you if they really cared about you, enjoyed your company, and were putting you up for a month As a volume, this particular book isn t terribly strong The writing is often pedestrian, and the structur This series by Crown is an interesting one 2nd tier celebrities or, maybe better put, major figures in sub major circuits pen brief volumes that are half ode to their hometown half visitors guide to the city they love In a way, it could be a comprehensive guide to where that person would take you if they really cared about you, enjoyed your company, and were putting you up for a month As a volume, this particular book isn t terribly strong The writing is often pedestrian, and the structure is of the kind that doesn t require too much work on the part of the author quick bursts of narrative or information that only take a few momen...The book hooked me in the Purple Room at Powell s with the first sentence, a quote from fellow Portlander and author Katherine Dunn s Geek Love Everyone in Portland is living a minimum of three lives I m not suggesting anything insidious here, but there are so many references to the other Doubleday author Dunn and her book that the word product placement did cross my mind I was there for a week on a work trip and even then I caught a glimpse of at least three Portlands a fit wealthy The book hooked me in the Purple Room at Powell s with the first sentence, a quote from fellow Portlander and author Katherine Dunn...

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12 June 2017

Chuck Palahniuk