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To write Snuff, a book about a porn queen at the center of a record-setting gang bang, novelist Chuck Palahniuk, who's in town tonight, had to immerse himself in the medium, so to speak — and he found much to admire. "I love the fact that porn always ends the same way," he says. "It's the same reason why my grandma went through a hundred Harlequin romances a year. They're going to go through the same stations of the cross, and everybody's going to come. The end."

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Not so Snuff, whose climax will likely thrill readers who've joined the zealous fan base that's gathered around Palahniuk since the 1996 publication of Fight Club — and appall those who haven't. Either way, watch out for the money shot.

Palahniuk talks and signs at the Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th Street, at 7:30 p.m. Learn more about this free event at 303-436-1070 or www.tatteredcover.com — and read an extended Q&A with Palahniuk at blogs.westword.com/latestword.
Thu., May 22, 2008