I recently read 'The Mezzanine' by Nicholson Baker over the summer. The book was very interesting, especially with the different writing style, with the footnotes (something not really used that much is modern writing). However, one of the most bizarre aspects of the book is the way Baker takes a mundane life and makes the character seem to have an interesting life. Sure, many aspects of his life seems boring. For one, he works in an simple, office. There isn't anything wrong with working in an office, but it sure isn't exciting. He seems to be doing alright in life, since evidence throughout the book shows that he can afford things, but he sure isn't rich and extremely wealthy. Even with the seemingly boring life, Baker somehow makes Howie life seem fun and adventurous. The way he looks at life and all the small details shows that he doesn't believe in life being very monotonous and small events that happen everyday can be thought up as ...