The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library)
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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 ).
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Picaresque novel by John Barth, originally published in 1960 and revised in 1967. A parody of the historical novel, it is based on and takes its title from a satirical poem published in 1708 by Ebenezer Cooke, who is the protagonist of Barth's work. The novel's black humor is derived from its purposeful misuse of conventional literary devices.
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The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library)
The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library),John Barth,Anchor,0385240880,Classics,Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,Cooke, Ebenezer,,Fiction,Fiction - General,History,Literary,Maryland,Poets,ca. 1667-ca. 1732,Cooke, Ebenezer,Fiction / Literary,Modern fiction
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