Room Temperature (First edition)

Baker, Nicholson

ISBN 10: 0140142126 / ISBN 13: 9780140142129

Published by Penguin Books / Granta, 1990

About this Item

First edition, VG++ in VG++ unclipped dw. No inscriptions. Text clean and unmarked. Minor bumping tp book corners and very slight tanning to page edges. A little marking to dw with a little discoloration to edges. Minor shelf-wear. S10-24.

Seller Inventory # 0502m

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Room Temperature (First edition)
• Publisher: Penguin Books / Granta
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140142126
• ISBN 13: 9780140142129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Room Temperature [hardcover] Nicholson Baker,Nicholson Baker [Jan 01, 1990]

Review

Nicholson Baker writes in 360-degree Sensurround--his descriptions of the seemingly banal awakening the most jaded of senses into recognition, admiration, and amusement. In Room Temperature, his self-deprecating, endlessly curious narrator is at home giving his baby girl a bottle and allowing his mind to wander. Uppermost in his thoughts are his wife and daughter, but there is also that obsession with commas and some concern with tiny taboos like nose-picking and stealing change from his parents. Truth-telling is the operative mode; at one point he tries to get his wife to explain a doodle by quoting a review of early Yeats: "Always true is always new." Room Temperature is a rare novel of domestic pleasure and stability, with a twist. "Was there ever a limit between us? Would disgust ever outweigh love?" Baker's alter ego asks, and seems determined to find out.