
These are just four of countless synonyms for “penis” in Nicholson Baker’s scandalous, new, semi-pornographic novel, House of Holes, which will be released on August 9th.
Baker, a highly respected author with a grandfatherly demeanor, is treading into dangerous waters with this one, but it’s territory he’s seen before, having written Vox, a novel on phone sex, and The Fermata, one of the most sexually explicit books ever published. In House of Holes,...