 Author Name: Baker, Nicholson
Title: Vox: A Novel
Book Condition: Very Good.
ISBN Number: 0394589955 / 9780394589954
Seller ID: 1126A603669
Hardcover. 7th printing hardcover with dustjacket 1992 Random House. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. Handsome little book. Language: English. 'Jim and Abby meet over the phone when they both dial one of those 976 party lines that are advertised in adult magazines. After some exploratory small talk, they retire to the electronic back room for a more intimate chat. Their long conversation makes up the entire book. If the premise sounds a bit thin, remember that Nicholson Baker's brilliant first novel The Mezzanine was about an office worker's lunch-hour expedition to buy new shoelaces. Like all great artists, Baker has the ability to make familiar objects and everyday events seem new and strange. Centerfolds, lingerie catalogs, and X-rated videos will never look the same. Indeed, Vox transforms the genre itself: this is eroticism for the safe-sex Nineties. Not only is there no physical contact, the participants never leave the privacy of their own homes. Recommended, with the caveat that some readers may find the subject matter offensive.'--Edward B. St. John, Library Journal, 1991.
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