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In the New York Times bestseller House of Holes, Nicholson Baker, “one of the most beautiful, original, and ingenious prose stylists to have come along in decades” (The New York Times Magazine), returns to the terrain that made him famous with a gleefully provocative, off-the-charts erotic novel that is unlike anything you’ve read—“a filthy tour de force” (Time).

Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. So begins Nicholson Baker’s fuse-blowing sexual escapade—a modern-day Hieronymous Boschian bacchanal set in a pleasure resort where normal rules don’t apply. House of Holes, one of the funniest and most talked-about books in recent memory, is a gleefully provocative novel sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.

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Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. So begins Nicholson Bakers fuse-blowing sexual escapade—a modern-day Hieronymus Boschian bacchanal set in a pleasure resort where normal rules dont apply. House of Holes, one of the most talked-about books in recent memory, is a gleefully provocative novel sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.

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Nicholson Baker's House of Holes is gleefully provocative, off-the-charts sex novel that is unlike anything you’ve read.
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About the Author

Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle award. He lives with his family in Maine.
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jraoul, July 8, 2012 (view all comments by jraoul)
I'm not really sure who this book for -- it's way too whimsical and quirky and literary to be very effective as a stroke book, and it's way too dirty for just about anyone else. It is really, really dirty ... but it is also by turns funny, enchanting, romantic, playful, silly, and engaging. It's almost as if Baker is playing a game with the reader to see how many wrenching turns he can toss without losing our interest. He's a good enough writer to keep the game interesting. Whether that makes for a good book?... I'm still not sure. But it's a fun ride.
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ISBN:
9781439189528
Author:
Baker, Nicholson
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Erotica - General
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20120231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.44 x 5.5 in
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"Synopsis" by , Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. So begins Nicholson Bakers fuse-blowing sexual escapade—a modern-day Hieronymus Boschian bacchanal set in a pleasure resort where normal rules dont apply. House of Holes, one of the most talked-about books in recent memory, is a gleefully provocative novel sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.
"Synopsis" by , Nicholson Baker's House of Holes is gleefully provocative, off-the-charts sex novel that is unlike anything you’ve read.
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