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Fight Club

By Chuck Palahniuk
Series: Vintage American Gothic
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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk follows an insomniac narrator who forms an underground fight club as a radical form of male bonding and self-therapy. As the club grows, it evolves into something far more anarchic, challenging societal norms and personal identity. The story is a dark and provocative exploration of consumer culture and masculinity.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by dark humour and psychological twists. It delves into themes of identity, consumer culture, and rebellion, offering a gripping and thought-provoking experience.

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Nine spine-tingling, mind-altering, and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.

Vintage Classics' American Gothic Series
Spine-tingling, mind-altering, and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.

Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything.

Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter, and dark, anarchic genius. And it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.

Hypnotic, pitiless and told brilliantly - Bret Easton Ellis

Like a noxious Doug Coupland, Palahiuk charts new-felt and totally contemporary categories of despair - Ali Smith, Guardian

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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk has been praised for its raw, provocative narrative and darkly satirical take on consumer culture and masculinity. Critics often highlight its gripping and unpredictable storyline, though some find its graphic violence and nihilistic themes unsettling. Overall, it’s considered a powerful and thought-provoking novel.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784878542

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 162g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk is the bestselling author of fifteen fictional works, including Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and, most recently, Make Something Up. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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