House of Holes

Nicholson Baker

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2011
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781439189535
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

In the New York Times bestseller House of Holes, Nicholson Baker, “one of the most beautiful, original, and ingenious prose stylists to have come along in decades” (The New York Times Magazine), returns to the terrain that made him famous with a gleefully provocative, off-the-charts erotic novel that is unlike anything you’ve read—“a filthy tour de force” (Time).

Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. So begins Nicholson Baker’s fuse-blowing sexual escapade—a modern-day Hieronymus Boschian bacchanal set in a pleasure resort where normal rules don’t apply. House of Holes, one of the most talked-about books in recent memory, is a gleefully provocative novel sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.

Table of contents

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• Description
• Back Cover
• Also by Nicholson Baker
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Shandee Finds Dave’s Arm
• Ned Gets Sniffed
• Luna Goes to a Concert
• Pendle Interviews for a Job
• Shandee Learns How to Wash a Penis
• Cardell Has a Sherry Cobbler
• Marcela Admires Koizumi’s Sculpture
• Shandee Wears the Sponge Gloves
• Rhumpa Unbuttons Her Shirt
• Cardell Goes to the Laundromat
• The Story of Prince Bohuslav’s Beard
• Rhumpa Makes Her Come Video
• Wade Learns about the Cloth of Ka-Chiang
• Cardell Buys a Gel Pen
• Jessica Has Some Tattoos Removed
• Wade Presses the Sex Now Button and Koizumi Visits
• Henriette Surfs the Lake
• Dennis Explores Mindy’s Purse
• Polly Visits the Hall of the Penises
• Pendle Buys a Bathing Suit
• Henriette Chooses the Cheekpump
• Dave Trespasses
• Dune Visits the Midway
• Chilli Goes to the Porndecahedron with Dave
• Ned Undergoes a Voluntary Head Detachment
• Reese Visits a Headless Bedroom
• Cardell Meets Betsy on the Beach
• Luna Fucks a Penis Tree
• Henriette Goes for a Walk
• Dune Tells Mindy How He Lost His Penis
• Rhumpa Visits the Pornmonster
• The Pearloiner Says She’s Sorry
• Shandee Goes to the Festival
• Dave Gets His Old Cock Back
• Lila Says It’s Almost Time to Go
• The Silver Egg Hatches