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As they cruise around Chesapeake Bay aboard their sailboat, Peter Sagamore and his very pregnant wife, Katherine, reveal the stories of their past and present.
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Intimate, contemplative, prestige and character-led.
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- John Barth
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 655
- Publisher
- Methuen, Methuen Publishing Ltd, Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9785550561041
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First sentence
“Tell me a story of women and men”
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