An edition of Survivor: A Novel (1999)

Survivor

a novel

1st ed.
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An edition of Survivor: A Novel (1999)

Survivor

a novel

1st ed.
  • 3.87 ·
  • 15 Ratings
  • 26 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

Tender Branson - last surviving member of the so-called Creedish Death Cult - is dictating his life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback.

But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, Saved from Salvation, and the even better selling Book of Very Common Prayer (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll reveal the truth of his tortured romance with the elusive and prescient Fertility Hollis, share his insight that "the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Sanitary Landfill, a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography.

Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.

Publish Date
Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Pages
289

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Survivor: A Novel
January 4, 2000, Anchor
in English
Cover of: Survivor
Survivor: a novel
2000, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.
Cover of: Survivor
Survivor: a novel
1999, Norton
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Page numbering in reverse order.

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3566.A4554 S87 1999, PS3566.A4554S87 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
289 p. ;
Number of pages
289

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL368296M
ISBN 10
0393047024
LCCN
98028874
OCLC/WorldCat
39323107
Library Thing
6160337
Goodreads
851178

First Sentence

"And so here is my confession."

Work Description

Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane’s black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah, he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and apocalyptically spiralling out of control.

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