Invisible Monsters (novel)

""Give me attention. Flash.""

Invisible Monsters is a 1999 novel by Chuck Palahniuk about a beautiful fashion model who has her lower jaw blown off in a drive-by shooting. Jump to her meeting Brandy Alexander, the large-handed drag queen supreme who is one surgery away from being a "real" woman.

Not to be confused with the other Invisible Monsters.

Tropes found in this work:

 * Anachronic Order
 * Arc Words
 * Sorry, Mom. Sorry, God.
 * Give me attention. Flash.
 * Jump to…
 * The Blank: "Birds ate my face."
 * Bittersweet Ending
 * Body Horror
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: When Manus has a "seizure". What he doesn't know is what Brandy tells the houseowner to do. It involves shoving a wallet down his throat.
 * Drag Queen: Rhea sisters.
 * Evil Feels Good
 * Face Stealer:
 * First-Person Smartass
 * Gag Boobs: Brandy Alexander
 * How We Got Here
 * The Nameless: The narrator, until the very end.
 * Nightmare Face: This is so bad that the narrator can steal a turkey without being caught.
 * Yup. (this might be considered NSFW)
 * The Reveal: -deep breath- Brandy Alexander is . And Shane  . Also, Brandy   because  . And Manus  . Oh and speaking of Shane,  . And Evie is actually  . And Brandy has known all of this from the beginning. Yeah, and the narrator,  ?  . -exhale-
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful: Brandy Alexander
 * Squick
 * Theme Naming:
 * Transsexualism:  Although technically, the former doesn't count because
 * Unreliable Narrator: The narrator confesses she just hates everyone and that in fact nobody behaves worse than she does.
 * Unreliable Narrator: The narrator confesses she just hates everyone and that in fact nobody behaves worse than she does.