Vox

by Nicholson Baker

Vintage Books (165 pages)
Keyword(s): Literary fiction
Dates read: January 14-16, 1997, Rating: ****

"Literary erotica."

"Phone sex transcripts."

I'm not sure how to describe this. The dialogue is good, but somewhat unhuman. No one houses such keen observations in such well-constructed oral verbiage. Vox was more enjoyable than The Fermata, but pales, I think, in comparison with The Mezzanine and Room Temperature.

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