Checkpoint: A Novel
by Nicholson Baker
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- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1400079853
- ISBN 13
- 9781400079858
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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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
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C25245
- Title
- Checkpoint: A Novel
- Author
- Nicholson Baker
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1400079853
- ISBN 13
- 9781400079858
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- This edition first published
- April 12, 2005
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