Checkpoint (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Baker, Nicholson

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9788420400228: Checkpoint (Spanish Edition)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 842040022X ISBN 13: 9788420400228

Publisher: ALFAGUARA, 2004

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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner. 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 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. Jay will explain to Ben why and how he is planning to commit a murder that will change the course of history; he will explain how he plans to assassinate the president of the United States.

Description in Spanish: Te presento a Jay. Te presento a Ben. Con�celos.

Jay ha quedado con su viejo amigo Ben en una habitaci�n de hotel, no lejos del Capitolio. En el transcurso de la tarde compartir�n una deliciosa comida y abrir�n una botella de vino del minibar. Charlar�n de todo tipo de asuntos, como la nueva c�mara de Ben, Irak o el desafortunado destino de un pollo en libertad. Y Jay le explicar� a Ben exactamente c�mo y por qu� est� planeando asesinar al presidente de los Estados Unidos de Am�rica.El escritor m�s original de su generaci�n, la novela m�s audaz hasta la fecha.

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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.

About the Author:

Nicholson Baker was born in 1957 and attended the Eastman School of Music and Haverford College. He has published six previous novels and three works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001.
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