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Description

Chuck Palahniuk's darkly funny first novel tells the story of a disenfranchised young man frustrated with his bureacratic job and superficial relationships and disillusioned with the consumer culture's prepackaged pleasures. Relief for him and his peers comes in the form of Tyler Durden, the... read more

Summary

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a book that takes you on a trip through a mans insomniac life. A man known as "the narrator" suffers from insomnia and abruptly does things that he does not realize. After an attempt for the narrator to blow up his condo, he moves in with Tyler Durden. Tyler... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

TYLER GETS ME a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Chuck Palahniuk (Author)
 

Books with Additional Background Information

   
  • Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
  • You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack's Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection (Smart Pop series)

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