Books by Nicholson Baker (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: April 13, 2001

DOUBLE FOLD: LIBRARIES AND THE ASSAULT ON PAPER

by Nicholson Baker

"If even half of what Baker alleges is true, some of America's most honored librarians have a lot of explaining to do."

In a passionate cri de coeur sure to raise controversy and alarm, novelist Baker (The Everlasting Story of Nory, 1998, etc.) accuses America's librarians of betraying the public trust as they rush to microfilm and digitize. Read full book review >

Cover art for THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY

FICTION

Released: May 1, 1998

THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY

by Nicholson Baker

"It rings wrong, totally. (Author tour)"

The author of The Fermata (1994), among others, offers an extended dramatic monologue by a nine-year-old American girl living in England, a plotless series of riffs exploring the curiosities of a life among English-speaking foreigners. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Feb. 1, 1994

THE FERMATA

by Nicholson Baker

"But drama is drama and porn porn, this among the most literary-respectable of the latter that money can buy."

The talented Baker returns with sex for sophisticates, making Vox (1992) seem like a warmup exercise. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Feb. 14, 1992

VOX

by Nicholson Baker

"First Harold Brodkey as the Mahler, the Liszt, of the hand-job, now Nicholson Baker as its David Letterman."

On a private adult phone-sex line, Jim, a West Coaster in his late 20s, connects with East Coast Abby. Read full book review >

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