The Confidence-Man
Herman Melville
361 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0192837621
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Language: English
Publish: 942307200000
19th CenturyAmericanClassicsCrimeFictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsThe United States Of AmericaUnited States
Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is the confidence man? The central motif of Melville’s last and most modern novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.