Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book: Good
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1967. 1st ptg.. mass_market. Book: Good. 4 1/4 x 7.. 766 pp.
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
- Blue Awning Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59776
- Title
- Giles Goat-Boy
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Mass_market
- Book Condition
- Used - Book: Good
- Edition
- 1st ptg.
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 4 1/4 x 7.
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