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National Book Award winner John Barth offers a rambunctious story full of narrative high jinks in this lively, inventive epic. Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a seagoing adventure. Over the course of six evenings, the two... read more

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First Sentence

The machinery's rusty, I acknowledge to my half-expected guest, but it hasn't seized up altogether.

Authors & Contributors

  1. John Barth (Author)

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  1. 1st ed
  2. 20th century
  3. american lit
  4. fairy tales
  5. fiction
  6. novel 
 

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