{"product_id":"9780385240864","title":"Giles Goat-Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of National Book Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eLost in the Funhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiles Goat-Boy \u003c\/i\u003etells 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\" (\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine), \u003ci\u003eGiles Goat-Boy \u003c\/i\u003ehas long been one of John Barth's most popular and multi-layered narratives.","brand":"Barth, John","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B102","offer_id":68264562950356,"sku":"9780385240864","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_89de50c8-b2b2-48c8-a5a9-81413d215e23.jpg?v=1793648591","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780385240864","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}