num_pages: 144
description: The story of one man's lunch hour, tackling the important issues of life, such as "Why does one shoe-lace wear out before the other?" and "Who invented the spout on the paper milk carton?". Nicholson Baker is the author of "Vox", "Room Temperature", "The Fermata", "U &amp; I" and "Thoughts".
language: English
title: The Mezzanine
titlecomplete: The Mezzanine
characters: Howie
genres: 20th Century, American, Novella, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 8536
publisher: Granta Books