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03 March 2008

Nicholson Baker has a new book coming out about WWII. (nytimes.com) link[More:]I've read most of his stuff. The Mezzanine and The Fermata being my favorites. I saw him speak at Powell's when he was promoting Double Fold. I was kinda shocked that his Checkpoint was even publishable.
Huh. I love his Rot. And the other one, that was almost like a children's story - I forget the title. Thanks for the alert, and great picture in the link, hu?

Not what I'd normally read, but if I see it in the library I'll pick it up.
posted by rainbaby 03 March | 22:41
I'm really excited about this. Nicholson Baker is one of my most favorite contemporary writers. And I'm wound up for a bunch of reasons: he's reading at our bookstore on the 13th! And this NYT article tells me he lives in a town about 15 minutes from here. I knew he lived sorta near, but I thought he lived in Biddeford, which isn't quite so close. The town he lives in is part of the greater community around here. I had no idea he was quite so much a homie.

Love this guy. Everything he writes is smooth, really original, funny, and smart. From the 'rot' to the high-minded essays to the journalistic screeds to the fanciful magical fiction, he doesn't fail. My favorite book of his is probably the collection of essays called The Size of Thoughts, though The Fermata and U and I are awesome too. Rainbaby, I think the book you mentioned was called The Everlasting Story of Nory.
posted by Miko 03 March | 22:51
Yep, that's it. I also read Matchstick Men. He rocks, in his own, very own way.
posted by rainbaby 03 March | 23:03
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