The Confidence-Man - 9781976136023

The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the passengers, whose varied reactions constitute the bulk of the text. Each person including the reader is forced to confront that in which he places his trust. The Confidence-Man uses the Mississippi River as a metaphor for those broader aspects of American and human identity that unify the otherwise disparate characters.

• | Author: Herman Melville, Mybook
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 434 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1976136024
• | ISBN-13: 9781976136023