In novels like The Mezzanine and Room Temperature, Nicholson Baker’s debt to John Cheever has been more than obvious. He won’t deny; in fact, U & I: A True Story actually celebrates the relationship as it relates to both the man and his writing. Baker shares with readers the ways by which the style and substance of his default mentor infects his creative process. Both as an appreciation and a memoir, this really gets to the heart of what, or rather who, Baker’s writing is all about. | U And I by Nicholson Baker, Paperback | Indigo Chapters