Fight Club: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk

Macmillan, 1997 - Fiction - 208 pages

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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About the author

Chuck Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a journalist and as a diesel mechanic. He has written numerous novels including Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread. Fight Club was made into a film by director David Fincher and Choke was made into a film by director Clark Gregg. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees, a nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fight Club: A Novel; Owl Book
• Author: Chuck Palahniuk
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1997
• ISBN: 0805062971, 9780805062977
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Dystopian; Fiction / General; Fiction / Gothic; Fiction / Humorous / Black Humor; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Media Tie-In; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Satire; Fiction / World Literature / American / 20th Century