House of Holes
By Nicholson Baker
- Release Date: 2011-08-09
- Genre: Erotica
Description
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.
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4By Umberto 57Found this to be laugh out loud, delightful meditation on the soul of sexuality as it should be. Shades of Naked Lunch without the violence. Offers a great opportunity for a book club selection.Read The Fermata or VOX instead.
3By Scrabble fanThis book is dirty, in a sort of unpleasant, cheap way. What made The Fermata so great was that all the silly dirtiness served a purpose - it helped you understand the main character and his attempt to rationalize his behavior. In this book, the characters are shallow, ill defined vehicles for sexual innuendo and verbal trickery. It's funny and amusing for about two chapters - and then turns insipid.House of holes
4By James WattInteresting enough and well written in a "through the looking glass" way. But without a plot nor depth of character interaction it tires. But since I don't think anyone will ever do something like this and it's originality I expect it will become quite an 'avant garde' read and therefore a classic of some form such as "Pulp Fiction" the movie. I'm curious to see what women think of this. And if as many say it's pornographic it was not physically stimulating.Selfish and visceral and Gladwell and true
5By jenryannycSelfish and visceral and kinky and true. "C*ck-in-cheek" if you will! The Internet is a real, and She is a literal black hole to a world beyond all fantasies. A delicious, funny, marvelously entertaining and erotic book. NSFW as expected. Janet maslin needs a Malcolm Gladwell visit in order to rethink her pan. Send her to the washing room!
