A review by pbobrit
The Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker

3.0

I really interesting book ... think the stream of consciousness of a creative nine year old. Eleanor is an American child living in the UK and the book all told by here with some fantastic nine year-old grammar and spelling basically tells of her first term at her new school and all the trials and tribulations that come with that. It took a little while to get into, but after you get used to the narrators voice it is a genuinely sweet and believable account of life from the perspective of a young child. Baker has always (in my opinion) had a knack for doing first person narrative well and this is no exception. This book is not shocking or in anyway erotic like Vox or The Fermata, but is an honest and understated book.