Raised in Captivity Summary
Chuck Klosterman

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Raised in Captivity Overview

Raised in Captivity is a collection of 34 short stories by Chuck Klosterman featuring absurd/surrealist plots. A man finds a puma in an airport restroom; a criminal assaults unsuspecting victims by rubbing a cat against their bare skin; a woman listens to her father confess to involvement in a series of government conspiracies on his deathbed. The collection considers themes related to contemporary politics, existential despair, and human behavior/psychology.

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