The Way the World Works, Essays (Nicholson Baker)

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The Way the World Works
Essays

Nicholson Baker

House of Holes
A Book of Raunch

Nicholson Baker

Brimful of good-nature, wit, and surreal sexual vocabulary, House of Holes is a modern-day Hieronymous Boschian bacchanal that is sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.

House of Holes
A Book of Raunch

Nicholson Baker

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 Holes. Baker, the...