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The Confidence-Man (Oxford World's Classics) (1st Edition) by Herman Melville, Tony Tanner (Introduction), John Dugdale (Editor) Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-955485-4 / 0199554854 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955485-0 / 9780199554850 Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the `masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidèle 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.About the Series: For over 100 y |