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The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

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Also by Nicholson Baker:

House Of Holes, August 2011
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The Anthologist, September 2009
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Human Smoke, March 2008
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Checkpoint, April 2005
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A Box of Matches, January 2004
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The Fermata, February 1995
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Vox, February 1993
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Room Temperature, April 1991
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The Mezzanine, January 1990
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THE MEZZANINE
By: Nicholson Baker

Vintage
January 1990
On Sale: January 16, 1990
144 pages
ISBN: 0679725768
EAN: 9780679725763
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Turns an ordinary ride up an office escalator into a meditation on our relations with familiar objects--shoelaces, straws, and more. Baker's debut novel, and a favorite amongst many of us here.

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