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Title: Fight Club Author: Chuck Palahniuk Rating: ![]() ![]() ![]() Must Read!
Publisher: Owl Web Page: http://www.henryholt.com Reviewed by: Harriet Klausner |
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No one truly cares whether you live or die, but to truly live, one must first die. That is the philosophy of the disenfranchised younger generation. Violence and alienation is acceptable social behavior by the Gen Xers. Into this mix steps forward Tyler Durden. He harnesses the growing frustration of his generation towards the materialism of the boomers. He creates the FIGHT CLUB where young males can batter each other in basements across the country. Every morning, the warriors return to their daily drudge of minimal employment. However, the world has yet to learn what TylerÆs true agenda is, an announcement that will be announced to the world from one of its ôhighest peaksö. FIGHT CLUB is a taut thriller that centers on a humanized form of chaos theory. Each generation wrecks havoc on the thoughts and ambitions of their parent generation, leaving their elders to wonder if that is all there is? The narrator is an interesting character whose conclusions of life are frightening but thought provoking. In some ways, the novel is a darker version of Hair as people remain heartless and ignore their friends and loved ones except when they are dying. Chuck Palahniuk writes the first superb alienation satire that places the sixties radicals in the positions once held for their parents.
Harriet Klausner
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