The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
Book Description
"The great transcendental satire." -Carl Van Vechten
Long considered the author's strangest novel, The Confidence-Man
is a comic allegory aimed at the optimism and materialism of mid-eighteenth-century America. A mysterious shape-changing Confidence-Man approaches passengers on a Mississippi steamboat and, winning over the (not quite innocent) victims with his char... More
Book Information
Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Binding | Paperback (61 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 402 |
ISBN-10 | 1508467889 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1508467885 |
Publication Date | 02/13/2015 |
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