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"Fight Club" is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator who starts an underground bare-knuckle fighting club as a form of rebellion against consumer culture and modern alienation. The book became influential in popular culture for its dark exploration of masculinity, identity, and social critique, spawning a notable 1999 film adaptation.
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- Author
- Chuck Palahniuk
- First published
- 1996
- Editions
- 40
- Subjects
- Fiction, Millennialism, Young men, Science fiction, open_syllabus_project, Hand-to-hand fighting, Gangs, Self-destructive behavior
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Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It was Palahniuk's first published novel, and follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. The protagonist finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups, after his doctor remarks that insomnia is not "real suffering" and that he should find out what it is really like to suffer. The protagonist then meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden and establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy.
In 1999, director David Fincher adapted the novel into a film of the same name, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Despite underperforming financially, the film acquired a cult following; it also heightened the profile of the novel.
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1990s comedy novels1996 American novels1996 debut novelsAmerican black comedy novelsAmerican English-language novelsAmerican novels adapted into filmsAmerican novels adapted into playsAmerican satirical novelsAmerican sports novelsCacophony SocietyComedy novels adapted into filmsDissociative identity disorder in popular culture