John Barth

George Giles encounters new people and ideas as he ascends from a goat farm to the position of Grand Tutor of the human university

Giles Goat-boy, Or, The Revised New Syllabus

Daryl Houston

Barth is tedious but hilarious, erudite and maddening. This one is brilliant and gallops right along, but as I think often happens in Bart, at some point I want to just throw up my hands and say "I get it." Giles is a good book but probably not one I'd recommend generally unless you're already a known fan of lengthy postmodern things.

Giles Goat-boy, Or, The Revised New Syllabus

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