by Nicholson Baker · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420400228
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«Checkpoint» is the political thriller by Nicholson Baker, published by Alfaguara in paperback, 120 pages, in Spanish.
In a hotel room near the Capitol, Jay invites his old friend Ben to spend the afternoon and, amid conversations about Ben's new camera, Iraq or a free-range chicken, confesses that he plans to assassinate the President of the United States. The dialogue shows how an extreme decision takes shape and discusses the limits of political conscience.
The work belongs to Alfaguara's Literaturas collection and was published in Spanish on September 29, 2004.
Suitable for readers of political thrillers and novels of ideas, interested in a dialogue-driven narrative about power, violence and individual conscience.
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Out of a total of ten novels, three are erotica: Vox, The Fermata and House of Holes.
