Chuck Palahniuk's first novel amounts to a call to destroy as a necessary first step in creating a new man, maybe even a New Man. Take a sledgehammer to the Elgin marbles, wipe yourself with the Mona Lisa, his character intones, or remove your shoes and shirt and do battle at Fight Club. Palahniuk's achievement is to perfectly match his subject with a ragged, visceral style.
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