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November 01, 2004

The Final Nail in the Checkpoint Coffin

by Ron Hogan

The Complete Review provides an excellent summary of the hoopla surrounding the publication of Nicholson Baker's Checkpoint, which "certainly counts as one of the biggest literary flops of the year." It's a great analysis of the media's attention to the subject of the novel and frequent inattention to the novel itself, well worth a read even if the book's long past its sell by date.

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