Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004.

As he will be the first to tell you, Nicholson Baker is an author of many reputations.

Putting aside for the moment just how much Nicholson Baker is having us on (and he is), what does this mean?

Readers of Nicholson Baker will know that he is, shall we say, rather sparing with his plots.

In this week's issue of the magazine, Nicholson Baker writes about playing his way through some violent video games.

Well, Nicholson Baker tries to recycle that same gas station bit in his spindly new novel.

Nicholson Baker is here with us to discuss his piece about the Kindle in this week's issue.

According to Nicholson Baker, old newspapers have not been so lucky.

This week in the magazine, Nicholson Baker tries his hand at violent video games.

So even the obsessive Nicholson Baker can't stick to his own idiosyncrasies!

Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004.

As he will be the first to tell you, Nicholson Baker is an author of many reputations.

Putting aside for the moment just how much Nicholson Baker is having us on (and he is), what does this mean?

Readers of Nicholson Baker will know that he is, shall we say, rather sparing with his plots.

In this week's issue of the magazine, Nicholson Baker writes about playing his way through some violent video games.

Well, Nicholson Baker tries to recycle that same gas station bit in his spindly new novel.

Nicholson Baker is here with us to discuss his piece about the Kindle in this week's issue.

According to Nicholson Baker, old newspapers have not been so lucky.

This week in the magazine, Nicholson Baker tries his hand at violent video games.

So even the obsessive Nicholson Baker can't stick to his own idiosyncrasies!