Chuck Palahniuk is in town to give a reading of <i>Guts</i>, the latest instalment in his gore-fest celebration of all things unAmerican. The author of <i>Fight Club</i> hopes his new short story will make people pass out. Dan Glaister met him in Las Vegas.
Brian A Smith didn’t know the two women who were shoplifting. They were caught on security cameras stealing sheets at the Los Cerritos mall in Los Angeles and received a two-year sentence. But Smith was seen standing near the shoplifters as they committed their crime. Despite having no stolen goods, he was convicted of aiding and abetting them.
The customer is all too often ignorant. The industry’s hugely arrogant.