num_pages: 192
description: Nicholson Baker's novels, The Mezzanine and Room Temperature, have been highly praised for their sparkling originality, deadpan humor, and eccentric style. Now, with U and I, Baker has written the most idiosyncratic and deftly illuminating essay on literary influence in recent memory, as he reveals his preoccupation with the work of John Updike.
language: English
title: U and I
titlecomplete: U and I
genres: Essays, American, Biography, Memoir, Literary Fiction, Literature, Criticism, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Books About Books
ratings_count: 942
publisher: Vintage