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THEFIRSTRULEaboutfightclubisyoudon'ttalkaboutfightclub.Everyweekend,inthebasementsandparkinglotsofbarsacrossthecountry,youngmenwithwhitecollarjobsandfailedlivestakeofftheirshoesandshirtsandfighteachotherbareh
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ChuckPalahniukWithadisturbingbutmordantlyfunnybodyofworkthatbeganwith1996'sFightClub,ChuckPalahniukhasbecomeacultauthorwhoregularlyattractsboththeinterestofHollywoodandthebewildermentofreaderswhohaveneverseenwritingsofearless,modern,andsmart.BiographyReadersofChuckPalahniuk'snovelsmustgirdthemselvesforthebizarre,theviolent,themacabre,andthejustplaindisturbing.Havingdonethat,theycanthenjustenjoytheride.ThestorygoesthatPalahniukwroteFightCluboutoffrustration.Believingthathisfirstsubmissiontopublishers(anearlyversionofInvisibleMonsters)wasbeingrejectedastoorisky,hedecidedtotaketheglovesoff,sotospeak,andwrotesomethingheneverexpectedtoseethelightofday.Ironically,FightClubwasacceptedforpublication,anditssubsequentfilmingbydirectoryDavidFincherearnedtheauthoranobsessivecultfollowing.Theapocalyptic,blacklyhumorousstoryofaloner'sentanglementwithacharismaticbutdangerousundergroundleader,FightClubwasthefirstinaseriesofcontroversialfictionthatwouldkeepPalahniukinthespotlight.Sincethen,hehascraftedstrange,disturbingtalesaroundunlikelysubjects:adisfiguredmodelbentonrevenge(therevisedInvisibleMonsters)...thelastsurvivingmemberofadeathcult(Survivor)...asexaddictwhoresortstoabizarrerestaurantscamtopaythebills(Choke)...alethalAfricannurseryrhyme(Lullaby)...andsothelistcontinues.AlthoughPalahniukmakesoccasionalforaysintononfiction,(e.g.,FugitivesandRefugeesandStrangerthanFiction),itishisnovelsthatgeneratethemostbuzz.Hisoutréplotsandjump-cutstorytellingaredefinitelynotforeveryone—somehavelikenedthemtothehorribleaccidentyoucan'ttearyoureyesawayfrom—butevencriticscan'thelpbutbeimpressedbyhisflairforlanguage,histalentforsatire,andhissheeroriginality.Newsdaywrote,"Palahniukisoneofthefreshest,mostintriguingvoicestoappearinalongtime.HerearrangesVonnegut'sslyhumor,DeLillo'smordantsocialanalysis,andPynchon'santicsurrealism(orisitR.Crumb's?)intoagleamingpuzzlepalaceallhisown."Palahniukhassaidthathehasheardalotfromreaderswhowereneverreadersbeforetheysawhisbooks,fromboysinschoolswherehisbooksarebanned.ThismightbethebestevidencethatPalahniukisawriterforanewage,introducinga(mostlymale)audiencetoworldsonthepagethatusuallyonlyexistintechnicolornightmares.GoodToKnowPalahniuk(pronouncedpaul-a-nik)workedasadieselmechanicforatruckingcompanybeforehebecameanauthor,jottingstorynotesforTheFightClubundertruckshewassupposedtobeworkingon.Palahniuk'sfamilyhashadasadhistoryofviolence:Hisgrandfatherkilledhisgrandmotherandthencommittedsuicide;laterinlife,hisdivorcedfatherwasmurderedin1999byagirlfriend'sex-husband.ThekillerwasconvictedandsentencedtodeathinOctober,2001.Palahniuk'sbook,Choke,wasdrivenbyanattempttolookathowsexualcompulsioncandestroy(seeessaybelowformore).Whennotworkingonhisnovels,PalahniukhaswrittenfeaturesforGearmagazine,throughwhichhebefriendedshockrockerMarilynManson;andisreportedlyworkingonascriptoftheKatieArnoldinovelChemicalPinkforFightClubdirectorDavidFincher.Whilewriting,PalahniukhassaidhelistenstoNineInchNails,MarilynManson,andRadiohead.ToareaderwhoaskedinaBarnes&Noble.comchatwhythenovelInvisibleMonsterswasnotreleasedinhardcover,Palahniukresponded:"Myoriginalrequestwasnottohaveanyofmybooksreleasedashardcoversb/cIfeltguiltyaskingforover$20foranythingIhaddone.WithInvisibleMonstersIfinallygotmyway."InvisibleMonsterswasinspiredbyfashionmagazinesPalahniukwasreadingathislaundromat,accordingtoaninterviewwithTheVillageVoice."Ilovethelanguageoffashionmagazines.Eighteenadjectivesandyoufindthewordsweaterattheend.'Ethereal.Sacred.'Ithought,Wouldn'titbefuntowriteanovelinthisfashionmagazinelanguage,sopackedwithhyperbole?"
