The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones. ("Sot-weed" is an old term for the tobacco plant. A "factor" is a middleman who buys something to resell it. ) TIME included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The novel takes its title from a poem of the same name published in London in 1708 and signed Ebenezer Cooke.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1714122862MEP
- Title
- The Sot-Weed Factor
- Author
- John Barth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Date Published
- 1967
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