Checkpoint
by Baker, Nicholson
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400044006
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044009
- Seller
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Monroe, Michigan, 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
- Book Nook Monroe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307101
- Title
- Checkpoint
- Author
- Baker, Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400044006
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044009
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 115
- Size
- 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION, ASSASSINATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - General;
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