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The Invention of Sound|Chuck Palahniuk
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Overview

In this chilling tale, a father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered--but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real. Soon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous façade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, The Invention of Sound is Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers -- his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781538717981
  • ISBN-10: 1538717980
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publish Date: September 2021
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.46 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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