Although many know "Fight Club" for the cult cinema classic starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, the epic novel first penned by Chuck Palahniuk was just as--if not more--compelling as its silver-screen counterpart. The success of "Fight Club" was the absolutely engrossing, conversational manner in which the narrator conveyed his experiences. Every picture was painted brilliant and vivid through the use of contemporary metaphors and rich, expressive detail. The experimentation with sentence structure, syntax, diction, as well as the manipulation of time worked perfectly to convey the delusional feel of an insomniac's waking consciousness. Chuck Palahniuk's most well-known--and, arguably, his greatest--work is an utter success that grips the reader by the throat from page one.