New York: Anchor Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. 2nd printing. Fine. Unmarked. Light toning to page edges, otherwise As New. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 573 pages.

This is the story of Simon Behler, a popular journalist whose career has peaked. In 1980 he is lost overboard while attempting to retrace the legendary voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. He finds himself in Sinbad's house and over the course of six evenings the two take turns recounting their voyages in a brilliantly entertaining weave of stories within stories.

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National Book Award winner John Barth offers a rambunctious story full of narrative high jinks in this lively, inventive epic. Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a seagoing adventure. Over the course of six evenings, the two take turns recounting their voyages, merging medieval Baghdad and twentieth-century Maryland in a brilliantly entertaining weave of stories within stories.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000000025
Title: The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor
Author: John Barth
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0385422202
ISBN 13: 9780385422208
Publisher: Anchor Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: February 1992
Keywords: fiction, adventure, storytelling, jounalists, sailors, shipwrecks, survival, Baghdad, Iraq, Maryland
Bookseller catalogs: Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; Fiction; Middle East;
Size: 8vo

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