Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

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The nameless narrator of the cult novel Fight Club is a young man with a dead-end job who suffers from insomnia. He seeks relief in support group meetings for patients with serious illnesses, where he pretends to be one of them. Everything changes dramatically when Marla, a young woman who also fakes illnesses, begins attending the meetings. Soon, the mysterious and charismatic Tyler Durden enters the scene. The narrator and Tyler establish a secret organization, Fight Club, governed by strict rules. In the basements of bars, men gather at night to challenge each other to fights, battling "until necessary." Tyler aims to bring civilization to its knees with his army of rebels against mundane existence. The narrator is the only one who can confront him, but what are his chances? A strange triangle of love and hatred develops, leading to a dark game that may not be a game at all...