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|title=Doomed

|author=Chuck Palahniuk

|publisher=Vintage

|date=August 2014

|summary=''Doomed'' is the second in a series of books featuring the afterlife adventures of Madison Spencer, a recently deceased 13-year old who narrates her story through a series of blogs from aftrlife.hell. Whilst intended as a satire on contemporary obsessions with religion and celebrity lives, the novel works as a comic monologue but is unsuccessful as a critique of contemporary mores.

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The central character, Madison, is a strangely unlikeable narrator who has been murdered. She finds herself in hell but is able to return to Earth to observe the dramatic goings-on of her celebrity parents, who fit the stereotype of the Brangelina couple - socially responsible, universally famous and obscenely rich. Without giving too much away, Madison is a pawn in Satan’s plan to destroy the earth and ensure everyone goes to hell. This being Palahniuk, the focus is on the comedic possibilities of this scenario rather than the moralistic.

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