Playbill
December, 2010
It's that time of year when your aging uncle shows up for the holiday dinner to tell— and demand you listen to—his tread-worn jokes. Chuck Palahniuk knows the feeling. In his new story. Knock-Knock, the author of Fight Club and Choke describes a father-son relationship tortured by forced laughter and honest silence. A century after his death, another celebrated if less explicit (though he did once compose an ode to onanism) storyteller, Mark Twain, responds with timeless wit to the conclusions...
