The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor

John Barth
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While retracing the legendary voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, journalist Simon William Behler finds himself in Sindbad's household in medieval Baghdad and competes with Sindbad in a storytelling marathon in the hopes of finding way back to the modern world. Reprint.
Genres: FictionFantasyLiteratureMagical RealismLiterary FictionNovelsAmerican20th CenturyAmerican FictionThe United States Of America
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