Giles Goat-Boy
by BARTH, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553147056
- ISBN 13
- 9780553147056
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, 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
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225513
- Title
- Giles Goat-Boy
- Author
- BARTH, John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553147056
- ISBN 13
- 9780553147056
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
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