That Book Was a "Choke"

The novel Choke by Chuck Palahniuk was published by Doubleday in 2001 and is strange to say the least. If you are interested in strange imagery getting put into head maybe this novel is for you. But in my case I did not enjoy its descriptive language. This novel follows Victor Mancini through a part of his life where his mother is ill and in a nursing home. Victor cannot afford the care his mother is getting so he goes to various restaurants and makes himself start choking on the food. This then forces people to help him and after it is done he tells people what kind of financial situation he is in which results in them feeling sorry for him. The people then feel so sorry for him they keep in contact with him and send him money to help with his bills. The author also focuses a lot of time describing Victor's job and how he keeps his friend Denny out of trouble all the time. It describes how both were former sex addicts and how Victor has sexual and relationship problems.
To me this book was just too weird for me. I didn't find the plot interesting at all, just disturbing. The main thing I didn't like about this novel was the characters. All of them had strange and disturbing backgrounds that didn't make me want to keep reading.
Maybe its just me but i don't recommend this book to anyone, especially not younger ages because of the sexual content.