The Sot-weed Factor Author:John Barth Outrageously funny, villainously slanderous... The book is a bare-knuckled satire of humanity at large ... Barth's masterstroke is an alleged secret journal of Capt. John Smith. Its version of the Pocahontasstory is truly Rabelaisian and marvelously executed — The Sot-weed Factor is that rare literary creation - a genuinely serious comedy... Ebe... more »nezer Cooke,in this boisterous historical farce,emerges as one of the most diverting heroes to roam the world since Candide.« less