Giles Goat-boy

Giles Goat-boy
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Publisher : Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday
Total Pages : 756
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105010662992
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Download or read book Giles Goat-boy written by John Barth and published by Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday. This book was released on 1966 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George, also known as Billy Bockfuss and as Giles, was raised as a goat rather than as a boy by a brilliant atomic physicist whose guilt about the bomb has driven him to the country. George sets out to become the messianic Grand Tutor of a university and to conquer the terrible Wescac computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant 'fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex.'


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