![]() ![]() Power manifests itself as information that controls and dominates others. Lullaby offers a very Chuck Palahniuk take on the thriller novel, winding and unwinding genre conventions to warn readers about the dangers of psychic infection in a world which constantly floods us with information.Ĭontrol is a re-occurring theme in the novel. ANALYSIS >While I have taken care not to include any major plot points in this review, if you wish to avoid any minor spoilers, please skip ahead to the next section< With the help of Helen’s secretary, earnest Wiccan Mona and her eco-terrorist boyfriend Oyster, they embark on cross-country journey to destroy all remaining copies of the poem from the libraries. Streator teams up with real estate broker Helen, a woman had who accidentally killed her own child with the poem twenty years before. ![]() Originally an ancient African spell for euthanizing the old or sick in times of famine and war, it is now being sung as a lullaby by unsuspecting parents. Before they died, all the children had been read the same poem from the same poetry anthology, known as the “culling song”. ![]() Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.” SYNOPSIS When reporter Carl Streator is assigned to investigate and produce several articles on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, he uncovers an ominous connection between these deaths. ![]()
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