The Floating Opera

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Bantam Books, 1972 - Fiction - 247 pages

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Contents

tuning my piano
1
the dorchester explorers club
8
coitus
18
Copyright

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About the author (1972)

John Barth taught for many years in the writing program at Johns Hopkins University, and he lives in Chestertown, Maryland.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Floating Opera
Bantam Books: Novel
Bantam Windstone book
Bantam book
AuthorJohn Barth
Edition6, reprint, revised
PublisherBantam Books, 1972
ISBN0553240986, 9780553240986
Length247 pages
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