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The writer is hilarious. - Goodreads The Mezzanine is a writing exercise all grown up. - Goodreads Spoiler alert: this is the plot of the story. - Goodreads I'd like to see Baker try a little plot next time. - Goodreads User Review - Flag as inappropriate All 144 pages of this book occur during the narrator's escalator ride back up to work after lunch. Review: The MezzanineUser Review - Bill - GoodreadsGetting Small Baker, Nicholson. (1988). The Mezzanine. New York: Grove Press. This strange little book (107 pages) is the stream of consciousness of a generic office worker in a generic company in a ... Read full review Related books
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