Chuck Palahniuk

The man is the bastard child of Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.

He's disgusting, subversive, manic, visceral, twisted, and brilliant.

Fight Club is the one everyone thinks of, of course. How can you not with such an awesome movie version permeating the collective zeitgiest.?

Like Kevin Smith (another man who I've written about), Chuck finds a way to discuss such topics as sexuality, love, companionship, the American Dream, family, and plenty of other meaningful themes, but does so in a twisted and often disconcerting way.

Snuff, for example. His latest tome is written completely from the perspective of several men waiting to take part in a record-breaking marathon porn shoot.

And it's about family. And fame. And love. And hate.

Twisted, yet touching in a "how the fuck did he do that?" kind of way...

Plus any book that involves trans-genital electrocution can't be bad!