num_pages: 199
description: Chuck Palahniuk's brilliant first novel and cult classic, reissued with a new introduction by the authorAn underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is widely recognized as one of the most original and provocative novels of its time. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with severe insomnia, who finds relief from his symptoms when he joins an underground fighting club as a form of radical psychotherapy. In the basements of bars, members of fight club enjoy the visceral satisfaction of secret after-hours boxing matches, thinking they have found a way to live beyond their confining and stultifying lives. But in this world, there are no rules, no limits, no brakes.
language: English
title: Fight Club
titlecomplete: Fight Club
characters: Marla Singer, The Narrator, Tyler Durden
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 574770
places: The United States of America
series: Fight Club
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Holt Paperbacks