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January 15, 2003
My old friend Nicholson Baker
My old friend Nicholson Baker has a new book out. NPR interviews him* about A Box of Matches, which mainly seems to be about a guy who sets fires in his fireplace. If you read the the summary on NPR's site, it seems like ole NB is getting just a little bit more obsessive/compulsive with each book that he writes. Will it be long before he makes his own paper and moveable-type printing press?
Listen, if you've never read any Baker, maybe start with The Mezzanine or Room Temperature, which have a freshness and a momentum that his recent writing lacks.
*via babak
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