| Management number | 231989191 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $7.93 | Model Number | 231989191 | ||
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From the author of National Book Award-nominated Lost in the Funhouse, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature."[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York TimesGiles Goat-Boy tells the story of a human boy raised as a goat who comes to believe that he is humanity's prophesied messiah. In an absurdist universe that takes the form of a unversity--divided into an authoritarian East Campus and a more open West Campus--young George Giles rises to assume the title of Grand Tutor, the spiritual leader of the world and heroic defender of his people against the threat of a tyrannical computer system. Hailed as a "fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex" (Time magazine), Giles Goat-Boy has long been one of John Barth's most popular and multi-layered narratives. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0385240864 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0385240864 |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Dimensions | 5.47 x 1.73 x 8.39 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.47 pounds |
| Print length | 752 pages |
| Publication date | September 18, 1987 |
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