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Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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HOUSTON, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fawcett Publications. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Paperback.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- MAB Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72542
- Title
- Giles Goat-Boy
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Fawcett Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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HOUSTON, Texas
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