num_pages: 795
description: 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 ).
language: English
title: The Sot-Weed Factor
titlecomplete: The Sot-Weed Factor
characters: Bertrand Burton, Joan Toast, Captain Cairn, John McEvoy, Charles Calvert, Ebenezer Cooke
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Humor, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Novels, The United States Of America, American, Classics
ratings_count: 7224
publisher: Panther