Introduction Charles Michael Palahniuk, also known as ‘Chuck’ Palahniuk, is an American Transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry, born in Washington. Chuck Palahniuk is best known for his award-winning novel Fight Club which was later adapted into a film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, directed by David Fincher. After the film’s huge success, the novel has become a target of criticism, mainly for its explicit depictions of violence. Since then, it has become a popular culture phenomenon. Transgressional fiction Transgressional fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who use unusual and/or illicit ways to break free of those confines. Some critics have labeled Palahniuk as a ‘shock writer’ because of the abnormality of the situations he writes about. And his characters, instead of being criticized, are treated rather humorously. In Chuck Palahniuk’s third published novel, Invisible Monsters, the characters fit the bill perfectly. The protagonist is a once-upon-a-time fashion model whose face is disfigured due to the lack of a jaw that was shot away and stolen by birds. The other characters include a pre-operative transsexual with one bizarre life story; and parents who are obsessed about their son who was a homosexual and died of AIDS. All this added to a story filled with twists and turns builds up to Invisible Monsters. The novel In a way, Invisible Monster is a novel that questions a lot of things. The first noticeable thing would be the detail of thoughts of a person who is physically disfigured. Physically challenged people are looked upon as in need of help, or even pitied for. But, a person who is disfigured, without a jaw, in this case, is called a ‘monster’ and merely given no amount of attention or pity. They are, as the name suggests, invisible. Here, in the head of such a person, we discover her train of thoughts. The fact that she, who once was a fashion model, who got all the importance she could ask for by wearing a ‘cotton crepe sundress from Espre’, who could turn everyone’s head and make it look like she had just been awarded ‘some major distinguished award for a major lifetime achievement’, is reduced to a monster. People will still look at her, but only if she is not covering up her ‘half-face in a veil. They will look at her only to be amazed at the fact that she has half a face with her tongue is dangling out. Whatever she says sounds like mumbling more than anything else. Not a word she speaks can be understood. It is not a surprise that such a person is confined by the norms and expectations of society and looks for a way to break free. The very fact that she can no longer turn heads by wearing a ‘cotton crepe sundress’ is real enough for her to look elsewhere for acceptance. All she wanted was for somebody to ask her what had happened to her face, but no one seemed to care enough. She befriends a transsexual who, after looking at her face, asks her,” Did you let an elephant sit on your face or what?” The parents of the protagonist The representation of parents in this novel is what might attract a teenager. The parents of the protagonist are shown to be irritating, unbelievable