The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth

The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth

Considered by critics to be Barth's most distinguished masterpiece, The Sot-Weed Factor has acquired the status of a modern classic. Set in the late 1600s, it recounts the widely chaotic odyssey of hapless, ungainly Ebenezer Cooke, sent to the New World to look after his father's tobacco business and to record the struggles of the Maryland colony in an epic poem. On his mission, Cooke experiences capture by pirates and Indians; the loss of his father's estate to roguish impostors; love for a former prostitute; stealthy efforts to rob him of his virginity, which he is (almost) determined to protect; and an extraordinary gallery of treacherous characters who continually switch identities. A hilarious, 'bawdy tribute to all the most insidious human vices, The Sot-Weed Factor has lasting relevance for readers of all times.

John Barth is the best writer of fiction we have in America at present, and one of the best we have ever had* New York Times *
Perhaps the most prodigally gifted comic novelist writing in English today. * Newsweek *
There is no one writing today who has the resources of his imagination or the depth of understanding about the nature of narrative * Los Angeles Times Book Review *

John Barth is the author of such classic works as The Tidewater Tales, Lost in the Funhouse, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor, and the National Book Award winner Chimera.

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ISBN 13	9781903809501
ISBN 10	1903809509
Title	The Sot-Weed Factor
Author	John Barth
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2002-03-04
Number of pages	752
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