‘Travelling Sprinkler’ by Nicholson Baker

Books , Criticism Jul 19, 2014 No Comments

Paul Chowder is turning fifty-five, wants his ex-girlfriend back, and is considering giving up poetry in favour of writing pop songs. First introduced in Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist, he is the sort of character so ordinary that one might not think him substantial enough to support the considerable weight of a novel.

As far as his everyday life is concerned, this is broadly true. There is little dramatic action here, little in the way of traditional novelistic incident. Chowder goes to Quaker meetings, writes song lyrics in his car, smokes a variety of cigars and looks after his neighbour’s chickens. A building falls down and a character undergoes surgery, but one rarely finds oneself reading in order to discover what happens next.

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Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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