Checkpoint: A Novel
by Baker, Nicholson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400044006
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044009
- Seller
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Synopsis
From Nicholson Baker, best-selling author of Vox and the most original writer of his generation, his most audacious novel yet.Meet Jay. Meet Ben. Jay has summoned his old friend Ben to a hotel room not far from the nation's capitol. During the course of an afternoon, they will share a delicious lunch and will crack open a bottle of wine from the hotel minibar. They will chat about everything from Ben's new camera to Iraq to the unfortunate fate of a particular free-range chicken. And Jay will explain to Ben exactly why and how he is planning to commit a murder that will change the course of history.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOSbakCHE
- Title
- Checkpoint: A Novel
- Author
- Baker, Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400044006
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044009
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004-08-01
- Size
- 7x5x0
- X weight
- 8 oz
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