Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction.  Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.

שם הספר
Lost in the funhouse
Giles goat-boy or, the revised new syllabus
The floating opera
The sot-weed factor
The end of the road