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Nicholson Baker

Nicholson Baker was born in 1957 and attended the Eastman School of Music and Haverford College. He is the author of several novels, including The Mezzanine, Vox and The Fermata, and House of Holes; and four works of non fiction, U and I, The Size of Thoughts, Double Fold (winner of the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award), and Human Smoke. He lives in Maine.

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The Way the World Works
The Way the World Works Essays By: Nicholson Baker
This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: August 30, 2012
The Way the World Works, Nicholson Baker's ranges over the map of life to examine what ails us, what eases our pain, and what gives us joy. Baker-recently hailed as "one of the most consistently enticing writers of our time"...
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House of Holes By: Nicholson Baker
This edition: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publication date: February 7, 2012
Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. Luna meets a man made of light bulbs at a tanning parlor. So begins Nicholson Baker's fuse-blowing, sex-positive escapade, House of...
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The Anthologist
The Anthologist A Novel By: Nicholson Baker
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: August 20, 2009
Nicholson Baker's new novel, The Anthologist, is narrated by Paul Chowder, a poet of some little reknown who is sitting in his barn most of the time trying to write the introduction to a new anthology of poetry called Only...
Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
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Human Smoke
Human Smoke The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization By: Nicholson Baker
This edition: Mass Market Paperback, 576 pages
Publication date: March 2, 2009
At a time when the West seems ever more eager to call on military aggression as a means of securing international peace, Nicholson Baker's provocative narrative exploring the political misjudgements and personal biases that...
Other Formats: eBook