The sot-weed factor
John Barth (Author)
This parody of the historical novel takes its title from a satirical poem published in 1708 by Ebenezer Cooke, with Cooke being the protagonist of this work. A written work for writers' enjoyment, the novel's black humor is derived from its purposeful misuse of conventional literary devices
Print Book, English, 1967
Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y, 1967