Rant (novel)

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
First edition cover
AuthorChuck Palahniuk
Cover artistRodrigo Corral
Jacob Magraw-Mickelson
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, satire, horror
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
May 1, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback); e-book
Pages319
ISBN978-0-385-51787-4
OCLC71322095
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3566.A4554 R36 2007

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk released on May 1, 2007.[1] Palahniuk has indicated that Rant is the first in what will become a three-book series.[2]

Rant is told in the form of an oral biography. When the story begins, the reader discovers that the main character, Buster Landru "Rant" Casey, is already deceased. Throughout the book various people discuss their memories of Buster and the world he lived in, presenting stories in an occasionally conflicting timeline.

The paperback edition became a national bestseller in May 2008 and remained on the New York Times Paperback Fiction Bestseller List for six weeks.[3]

Author and anthropologist Victor Turner is briefly quoted as one of the contributors.

  1. ^ Dennis (Webmaster). "Haunted Paperback Tour At An End..." Chuckpalahniuk.net. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  2. ^ Frazier, Dan (May 8, 2007). "The author of Fight Club talks about his new book". Pine Magazine. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  3. ^ "Best Sellers: Paperback Trade Fiction". The New York Times. June 29, 2008.