Fight Club

Fight Club{{ref|lowercase}} (1996) is the first published novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The plot is based around an unnamed protagonist who struggles with his growing discomfort with consumerism and changes in the state of masculinity in American culture. In an attempt to overcome this, he creates an underground boxing club as a new form of therapy. The novel was made into a movie of the same name in 1999 by director David Fincher, which resulted in the story becoming a pop culture phenomenon. A reissued version of the novel was published in 2004 that begins with an introduction by the author which talks about the conception and popularity of both the novel and the movie.

References

• {{note|avni}}Avni, Sheerly. "Ten Hollywood Movies That Get Women Right". AlterNet. August 12, 2005.
• {{note|chang}}Chang, Jade. "tinseltown: fight club and fahrenheit". BBC.co.uk. July 2, 2004.
• {{note|jemielity}}Jemielity, Sam. "Chuck Palahniuk:The Playboy.Comversation". Playboy.com. Retrieved June 30, 2005.
• {{note|offman}}Offman, Craig. "Movie makes "Fight Club" book a contender". Salon.com. September 3, 1999.
• {{note|oba}}Oregon Book Awards. Literary Arts, Inc. Retrieved June 20, 2005.
• {{note|pnba}}Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards. http://www.pnba.org/awards.htm. Retrieved June 20, 2005.
• Palahniuk, Chuck. Stranger Than Fiction : True Stories. Doubleday, 2004. ISBN 0385504489
• {{note|stf212}}p.212-215
• {{note|stf228}}p.228-229
• {{note|Tomlinson}}Tomlinson, Sarah. "Is it fistfighting, or just multi-tasking?". Salon.com. October 13, 1999.

In addition, the following versions of the novel were used as references for this article:

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• Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York: Owl Books, 1999. ISBN 0805062971
• {{note|fc99p45}}p.45
• {{note|fc2k4}}Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York: Owl Books, 2004. ISBN 0805076476