A review by stewreads
Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth

4.0

Despite my high rating, I have to admit that this one was a bit of a slog. There are so many great ideas in here, but most of the best of them exist as digressions, whereas the main narrative never reaches the heights of Barth’s precious epic, The Sot-Weed Factor. Still, the book remains hilarious, unrelentingly bizarre, and a lot of fun to read, up until its much too long and repetitive ending. It might take me a few months to work up the gall for another Barth novel, but I still consider him to be among my favorites.