One of the most passionate and innovative writers of the last generation, his language is extremely visionary, and his style is characterized by a sarcastic and pessimistic vision of the world. He manages to enter immediately into synch with the neuroses, hopes and yearnings of the very young.  In his best novels Palahniuk is able to be prophetic and disenchanted, intuitive and melancholy, hilarious and tragic. The adaptation of Fight Club directed by David Fincher immediately became a cult film, and an adaptation of Choke is presently in preparation.