Chuck Palahniuk may not have a collection as impressive as Stephen King or Clive Cussler, who have enough books to cover an entire book case but he what he does have that most don’t is unending content. Most authors have general storyline that they are none for that they are known for and they write it endlessly, same story different name. Yet Palahniuk does different, his self destructive anarchic themes may be the same but we never really see the same story let alone the same writing style.
Reading one of his books can be compared to something directors Quintin Tarantino and Eli Roth could only dream, Pulp Fiction antics meets Hostels grit.
‘Arson. Assault. Mischief and Misinformation.
No questions. No questions. No excuses and no lies.
The fifth rule about Project Mayhem is you have to trust Tyler.’ (Palahniuk 125)
Palahniuk got the idea for Fight Club when he was a member of the Cacophony Society, a secret society of rebellious writers it would also be the premise for Project Mayhem as well other themes throughout many of his novels. Writing Fight Club made him an icon yet with its cult following and film release it was only the beginning.
But what is there really left to say about a man who writes things what most would either not even touch or they write it in such a generic way that reading it is like watching an infomercial, who in a style that trying to emulate feels like plagiarism, who is so sincere to his fans that you know he’s just a man, a man who takes satirical black comedy drama to the next level. The movies are good but the books are better, you have to read them to understand.
‘How weird is that? Instead of a biography, this story will become fiction. A Factual historical artifact documenting a past that never happened.
Like Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny, another obsolete truth.’ (Palahniuk 313)
