# The Fermata

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- Book: [The Fermata](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholson-baker/the-fermata) ([The Fermata.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholson-baker/the-fermata.md))
- Authors: [Nicholson Baker](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholson-baker)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7975-933-1
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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, very funny and altogether morally confused piece of work. Hilarious and totally original, Nicholson Baker's new novel is a triumphant comedy about sexual fantasy and fantastic sexuality.