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Starred Review on September 15, 2013 | Fiction
If this is a book about Paul Chowder, who came to fame in Baker's The Anthologist, and if Paul now wants to cast aside poetry and embrace songwriting (particularly protest song writing), why does the narrative start with Paul's detailed discussion of the bassoon? Because this is a Baker novel, and a Baker novel finds its ground, then spirals upward in delicious flights of detailed fancy that unwind from point to point but rem...Log In or Sign Up to Read More