The Fermata by Baker, Nicholson LimitedStock

The Fermata by Baker, Nicholson LimitedStockAuthor: Baker, Nicholson Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 5 January 1995 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 320 pages 197 x 132 x 20 230g This is the story of Arno Strine, a modest temporary typist, who has perfected the knack of stopping time in its tracks and taking women's clothes off. He is hard at work on his autobiography, The Fermata, which proves in the telling to be a very provocative,

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