Giles Goat-Boy; The End of the Road; Lost in the Funhouse
by Barth, John
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair-/No Jacket
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Boise, Idaho, United States
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Synopsis
Giles Goat-Boy (or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor) is a 1966 novel written by John Barth. It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time. A paperback edition was issued in Garden City, N.Y. by Anchor Books in 1987 with ISBN 0-385-24086-4 . It is centered on the hero, George Giles, and his rise from farm animal to Grand Tutor of the New Tammany College. His quest is singularly to be a hero, but the tale is a multifaceted one of his becoming.
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- Bookseller
- Brass DolphinBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4760
- Title
- Giles Goat-Boy; The End of the Road; Lost in the Funhouse
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Date Published
- 1967
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- Literature/Literary Criticism;
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