Vox (Nicholson Baker novel)

For the 2003 novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, see Vox (Stewart and Riddell novel).
First edition (publ. Random House)

Vox is a 1992 novel by Nicholson Baker. Unusually for a literary novel, Vox enjoyed several weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.[1]

  1. ^ Arthur Michael Saltzman Understanding Nicholson Baker - 1999 Page 190 157003303X -"Vox. Some have indicted Baker for venal sins as much as for carnal exposures. Whether Baker "sold out" his highbrow elegance for popular and financial success has been debated by reviewers. What remains incontrovertible is the fact that both Vox and The Fermata enjoyed several weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, a distinction that relatively few "literary" novels attain. Current Biography notes that Random House, counting on the novel's "broad appeal," came out with ..."