Lullaby – Chuck Palahniuk (Книга «Колискова», Ukrainian Hardcover)

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk unfolds a chilling psychological thriller that explores grief, obsession, and the lethal power of words. Investigative journalist Karl Streitor dives into the mystery of sudden infant death syndrome and uncovers a terrifying commonality—every bereaved family keeps a book of “Poems and Rhymes from Around the World,” each opened to page 27, where an African lullaby appears. The chilling truth: this lullaby kills. The haunting refrain becomes inescapably embedded in Karl’s mind, turning him into an unwitting serial killer.

He isn’t alone in his suffering. Helen Hoover Boyle, a real estate broker, lost her child and husband due to the lullaby’s hypnotic curse. United by tragedy, Karl and Helen embark on a perilous quest to destroy every copy containing the deadly verse, attempting to halt what they call a "verbal pandemic." Along the way, two other guardians join them, each driven by their own motivations.

Set against a backdrop of emotional trauma and supernatural dread, Palahniuk crafts a narrative as hypnotic as the cursed lullaby itself. This Ukrainian hardcover edition, published in 2024 by Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля, spans 288 pages, in a solid 135×205 mm format, and weighs approximately 263 g—a compact yet harrowing dive into literary horror and moral questions about fate, agency, and resistance.