The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
Taste attributes: comedyhistoricaladventureslowfresh & originalimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedfool triumphantsocial commentaryall consuming quest
Boxlist takeAn original comic novel that is stylish and stylised. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
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 wildly 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
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- Author
- John Barth
- Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 806
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- Open Library
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