Tarantula (book)

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Tarantula
Recent paperback cover
Author Bob Dylan
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel, Experimental fiction
Publisher Macmillan & Scribner
Released 1971 (unofficially available from 1966)
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 137 p. (hardback edition) & 160 p. (paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-261-63337-6 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-7432-3041-8 (paperback edition)

Tarantula is an experimental novel by Bob Dylan, which he wrote early in his musical career. It employs stream of consciousness writing, somewhat in the style of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Although it was unofficially circulated shortly after it was written in 1966, it was not officially published until 1971.

One section of the book parodies the Leadbelly song "Black Betty".