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Set in a pleasure resort where normal rules cease to apply, House of Holes follows the day-to-day operations led by manager Lila, a former hospital administrator whose breast milk possesses regenerative properties. Nicholson Baker returns to erotica with a gleefully over‑the‑top, sex‑positive escapade that blends surreal fantasy with comic raunchiness.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Literary Fiction/Surrealist Fiction
Authors: Nicholson Baker
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