Claim: Fight Club stars Edward Norton.

Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk . It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia . Inspired by his doctor 's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering , the protagonist finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups . Then he meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden and establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy .   In 1999 , director David Fincher adapted the novel into a film of the same name , starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton . The film acquired a cult following despite lower than expected box-office results . The film 's prominence heightened the profile of the novel and that of Palahniuk . The sequel Fight Club 2 was released in comic book form in May 2015 .