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1、BackCover: Exciting,important,agreatAmericannovel. JohnBarthemergedasoneofthemostexcitingandpromisingnovelistsofhisgenerationwiththepublicationofhisfirstnovel,TheFloatingOpera.ThesubsequentappearanceofTheEndoftheRoad,TheSot-WeedFactor,andGilesGoat-Boyhasmorethanjustifiedthispromi
2、se. InTheEndoftheRoad,Barthtellsanintenselyperceptive,funny,andsavagelyrealistictale,withaprincipalcharacter,JakeHorner,whohasbeendescribedas"oneofthemostfantasticallydreadful"toappearinalongtime. "TheEndoftheRoadhasmorefreshness,morewitandinvention,andmoreintellectuallifeofitsow
3、nthanmostrecentAmericanfiction.Itisahorrifyingbooktoo,andneitherthevocabularynorthesituationswillrecommendthemselvestothesqueamish."--Harper's "Abrilliantnovelofmaritalinfidelityonacollegecampusbythebestwriterwehaveatthepresent,andoneofthebestwehaveeverhad."--NewYorkTimes2TheWicomicoStateT
4、eachersCollegeSitsinaGreatFlatOpenField TheWicomicoStateTeachersCollegesitsinagreatflatopenfieldringedwithloblollypinetrees,atthesoutheasternedgeofthetownofWicomico,ontheEasternShoreofMaryland.Itsphysicalplantconsistsofasinglegracelessbrickbuildingwithtwoells,abuildingtoolargefo
5、rthepseudo-Georgianstyleinwhichitisconstructed.AdeepsemicirculardriverunsinfromCollegeAvenuetothemainentrance. InJuly,whenthedayofmyinterviewapproached,IloadedmybelongingsintomyChevroletandrelinquishedthekeytomyroomonEastChaseStreet,inBaltimore,forImeanttotakelodgingsinWicomicoat
6、once,whetherIwerehiredornot.ThiswasonaSunday.ThedateoftheinterviewhadoriginallybeensetforTuesdayintheletterIreceivedinanswertomyapplication,butontheSaturdayafternoonbeforeIleftBaltimorethepresidentofthecollegehadtelephonedmeandaskedthatIcomeonMondayinstead.Theconnectionwaspoor,butthereisno
7、doubtinmymindthathechangedthedatetoMonday. "Icanmakeiteitherday,"Irecallsaying. "Well,asamatteroffactIsupposewecouldtoo,"thepresidentsaid."MondayorTuesday.ButmaybeMondaywouldbebetterthanTuesdayforsomeoftheCommittee.UnlessMondayisoutoftheque
