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Nicholson Baker

Born January 7, 1957

Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness.

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The way the world works

The way the world works

Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act

Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act

2020
Traveling Sprinkler

Traveling Sprinkler

2013
House of Holes

House of Holes

2011
Human Smoke

Human Smoke

2009
The Anthologist

The Anthologist

2009
Checkpoint

Checkpoint

2004

with Luis Murillo Fort

A Box of Matches

A Box of Matches

2003
Double Fold

Double Fold

2001
The Everlasting Story of Nory

The Everlasting Story of Nory

1998
The Fermata

The Fermata

1994
Vox

Vox

1992
U and I

U and I

1991
Room Temperature

Room Temperature

1990
The Mezzanine

The Mezzanine

1988