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Dean Baker

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Dean Baker is an award winning writer, who holds a degree in Political science, English literature and is currently the Men's Olympic 100m champion. He's also an incredibly gifted liar, which helps him write incredible fiction.

Having escaped a life of grinding affluence, via careers as a spy, parking attendant, carpet Salesman, air-traffic controller and street-sweeper he attained a position of subsistence level mediocrity in the IT industry. He then surveyed his vista and decided that the world of fiction would be his new domain and immediately began to unleash his works of brilliance.

The first, The Big R, is a hilarious romantic comedy, released to critical acclaim by select members of his family and friends, and is now available in paper ...more

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	Happy Holidays Anthology by Andrew Christie (Editor), Laura M. Baird (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dean Baker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big R 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eat My Shorts: Mercifully Brief Fiction it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losing The Plot it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where It's At it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dean Paul Baker made a comment on Mike’s review of Java : the pearl of the East / by S. J. Higginson. 1890 [Leather Bound] " Looks like they spilt some 'Java' on it too :) ...more "
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Aug 04, 2016 05:30AM

Great FREE Book news! My novel The Big R is 100% FREE on kindle from today Aug 4th until the 11th. Bag yourself a copy of this hilarious romantic comedy FREE!
Just follow the URL below to go straight to Amazon. What are you waiting for?
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