House Of Holes

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, though, plot and character development take a backseat to pure, unadulterated smut, which critic Sam Anderson calls “an impossible combination of crazy, cheerful imagination and industrial-grade filth.”