An underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is now recognized as one of the most original and provocative novels published in this decade. Chuck Palahniuk's darkly funny first novel tells the story of a godforsaken young man who discovers that his rage at living in a world filled with failure and lies cannot be pacified by an empty consumer culture. Relief for him and his disenfranchised peers comes in the form of secret after-hours boxing matches held in the basements of bars. Fight Club is the brainchild of Tyler Durden, who thinks he has found a way for himself and his friends to live beyond their confining and stultifying lives. But in Tyler's world there are no rules, no limits, no brakes.

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Thanks Freelunch - the film of this introduced me to Chuck Palahniuk, and I've since read most of his other books. I'm definitely looking forward to reading this one!

Excellent. I'm not sure it had quite the same impact that it would have done had I not seen the film, but an engrossing read nevertheless.

Wanted to read something by Chuck Palahniuk for ages and was happy to find this at the Amsterdam BookCrossing Convention's book buffet! Thanks for bringing it!

I think I'll never understand certain aspects of male behaviour. However, it's an interesting read - because of the idea behind it, the twist that's slowly creeping up on the reader, the psychological side (no spoiler here...). And it's an interesting critique of consumerist society and its values. And then it's been made into just another consumerist Hollywood movie, haha. Same kind of irony as the writing style, which is quite simple and as if the author TOLD the story instead of WRITING it, a style that's matching the consumerist culture it satirizes. But Palahniuk wrote the book to disturb and provoke publishers who had rejected his previous novel "Invisible Monsters"...
Good it's a slim book, I wouldn't have read more about some adolescent male rebellion, destruction as therapy, and a bunch of fascist power & violence junkies fighting their inferiority complexes.

Spotted "Invisible Monsters" on your shelf, so I thought you might be interested in this one...

Ohhh, brilliant. I really enjoyed the bizareness of another of this author's books and I enjoyed the film of The Fight Club. It'd be interesting to read this, and then I know exactly who to pass it on too.

Thanks a lot for this book ApoloniaX.

Having seen the film when it came out, I think the story lost a bit of it's punch on me (no pun intended).

I preferred Invisible Monsters, but this is still an interesting read.

Passed on to a work collegue who enjoys reading, and enjoys weird stuff...