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The Floating Opera and The End of the Road
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 11, 1997
Price: $16.95
The Floating Opera and The End of the Road are John Barth’s first two novels. His first novel, The Floating Opera, focuses on one day in the life of Todd Andrews as he recollects the events which determined his choice of life over suicide. The End of the Road, the novel... Read more >
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 11, 1997
Price: $16.95
The Floating Opera and The End of the Road are John Barth’s first two novels. His first novel, The Floating Opera, focuses on one day in the life of Todd Andrews as he recollects the events which determined his choice of life over suicide. The End of the Road, the novel... Read more >
Giles Goat Boy
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 748 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1987
Price: $25.00
In this outrageously ribald and farcical adventure, hero George Giles sets out to conquer the terrible WESCAC computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant “fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex.” (Time)
“Funny, bawdy, exciting . . . full of riches. . . . There is greatness in it.”... Read more >
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 748 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1987
Price: $25.00
In this outrageously ribald and farcical adventure, hero George Giles sets out to conquer the terrible WESCAC computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant “fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex.” (Time)
“Funny, bawdy, exciting . . . full of riches. . . . There is greatness in it.”... Read more >
Lost in the Funhouse
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 1, 1988
Price: $14.95
Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection. Read more >
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 1, 1988
Price: $14.95
Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection. Read more >
The Sot-Weed Factor
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1987
Price: $21.00
This is Barth’s most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices with a hero who is “one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide.” (Time) Set in the late 1600s, it recounts the wildly chaotic odyssey... Read more >
Written by John Barth
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1987
Price: $21.00
This is Barth’s most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices with a hero who is “one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide.” (Time) Set in the late 1600s, it recounts the wildly chaotic odyssey... Read more >
