Rant

About “Rant”

"Rant" is a 2007 novel by Chuck Palahniuk, known for works like "Fight Club" and "Haunted." The book is structured as an oral history of Buster "Rant" Casey, a high school rebel who leaves his small hometown of Middleton for the city. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing, where participants identify each other by car markings and crash into one another. Rant Casey dies in a highway accident, and his friends compile stories to create an account of his life. The narrative explores the possibility that his saliva caused a rabies outbreak and that he found a way to escape linear time. The novel blends humor, horror, and insight into the modern human condition.