>>8006672
Baker's great. If you liked The Mezzanine, I recommend Ibid. by Mark Dunn

>>8006764
sounds fantastic, thanks

i always think back to the part where he describes displaying objects on a clean white surface. the way he talks about the straw, milk containers, and bags and whatnot is a similar process imo. taking something mundane/insignificant seeming and magnifying it, highlighting its intricacies.

after i finished it made me reappraise the things i encountered in day to day life that i'd overlooked previously (since childhood probably).

its a very calming book to me.

>>8007185
I learned about this book after Penn from Penn and Teller said it was his favourite book. It puts their whole "bullshit" show into perspective sorta. They have that attitude about dissecting the mundane. I remember there was one part in the Mezzanine where Baker called out the bullshit on papertowels/hand dryers. Whether, it was true or not you could see the influence it had on Penn.

>>8007185
Intensive focus on the mundane seems pretty common in contemporary literature.

>>8008252
You mean like Karl Ove Knausgaard?

>>8008203
tim heidecker also said it was one of his favorite books... thats where i first heard about it.

>>8008395
>>8008203
That's cool. I learned about him from The New Yorker

>>8006672
Reader's Block by David Markson.

Haven't read any of his other works, I have a feeling I might like them even more.

OP's favourite is also on my reading pile.