
Checkpoint
From Nicholson Baker, best-selling author of Vox and the most original writer of his generation, his most controversial novel yet.
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From Nicholson Baker, best-selling author of Vox and the most original writer of his generation, his most controversial novel yet.

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In the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world...
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nicholson Baker has established himself as one of our most brilliant observers of everyday experience. With his keen perception, flawless prose, and endless wit, he has composed both fiction and nonfiction that has become an essential part of our literature.
Vintage Baker contains generous selections from the novels Vox, The Fermata, The Mezzanine, and A Box of Matches; essays from The Size of Thoughts; and portions of the NBCC award winner Doublefold.
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.