As a librarian, I'm often asked for book suggestions. To be sure, I can usually find a book for just about anyone. So, for letter F I would share an unusual book with you. The Title?
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
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Yes, Fight Club was a book before it was a movie. Fight Club is a cult classic!
An underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is now recognized as one of the most original and provocative novels published in this decade. Chuck Palahniuk's darkly funny first novel tells the story of a godforsaken young man who discovers that his rage at living in a world filled with failure and lies cannot be pacified by an empty consumer culture. Relief for him and his disenfranchised peers comes in the form of secret after-hours boxing matches held in the basements of bars. Fight Club is the brainchild of Tyler Durden, who thinks he has found a way for himself and his friends to live beyond their confining and stultifying lives. But in Tyler's world there are no rules, no limits, no brakes.
I'll be honest. I watched the movie mostly with a look of confused disgust on my face. I didn't get all the reason for the violence but I enjoyed being in the know and being able to quote classic lines as if I belonged to an elite group! Lines like: The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.
Ironically, many bookish people and librarians know this line too. Kinda makes you not want to cross that librarian on a bad day, huh? So that's only one book that starts with the letter F. Surely you can think of another?
List the title in your comments; keep it clean, people; my mum reads my work! :)
