Story added by user_37807 on January 25, 2023
It follows the life of an anonymous narrator, a product recall specialist for an unnamed car company. Due to his stressful job and the jet lag brought upon by frequent business trips, this everyman becomes discontent with his life. Thus he becomes afflicted by recurring insomnia. After his therapist's frustrated declaration that compared to the men experiencing testicular cancer, The Narrator is not suffering, he sits in on several support groups under the guise that he, too, suffers from the diseases. Sharing the problems of others allegedly cures The Narrator's insomnia, until he encounters Marla Singer, another "tourist", who reminds The Narrator that he, too, does not belong in the groups. After a confrontation, they agree to attend separate support group meetings to avoid seeing each other. On a nude beach, The Narrator meets Tyler Durden, who is a charismatic extremist with peculiar means
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