Almost all of Chuck Palahniuk’s works begin at the end, and end at the beginning, if you catch our drift. Think “Fight Club,” for instance, - the way the main story is told in flashback by a narrator with a gun in his mouth.

It’s a framing device also found in the great author’s 2002 novel “Lullaby,” a novel which (very broadly) follows the quest to destroy every copy of a dangerous book. If anything, actually, it’s probably more pronounced a literary flourish in “Lullaby” than anywhere else, as narrator Carl Streator alternately details his present situation while also explaining the events that got him to where he is.

If director Ulf Johansson has his way, though, that framing device will be absent from the “Lullaby” film adaptation., Palahniuk told MTV News. Read more...