- Assassination, Fiction, Literature, Male friendship
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.
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Contemporary, contemplative, intimate and prestige.
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About the book
- Author
- Nicholson Baker
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 122
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage, Alfred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781400044009
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