Book #15535

Room Temperature - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Nicholson Baker
Book #15535 Room Temperature - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Nicholson Baker.
Room Temperature - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
ISBN: 0802112242

A handsome first edition/first printing unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed and dated, May 18 1998, by author Nicholson Baker directly on the title page.

Room Temperature is a heartwarming novel about a mother and her son. The son has a mental illness and is unable to leave his room. The mother spends her days cleaning and caring for her son, but she longs for something more. One day, she finds a key to her son's room and decides to take a peek. What she sees makes her realize that her son is just like everyone else and that she doesn't need to be so protective of him. She spends more time with her son and enjoys spending time with him. The mother and son eventually spend time outside of the room, and the mother realizes that she's been holding onto her son for too long.; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Price: $100.00

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