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The Moviegoer
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Ideal for readers interested in Southern literature, American classics, and thoughtful explorations of identity and purpose. Fans of character-driven narratives and literary fiction will appreciate Walker Percy's acclaimed debut.
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Winner of the 1962 National Book Award and one of Time magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels, Walker Percy's debut The Moviegoer is an American masterpiece and a classic of Southern literature. Insightful, romantic, and humorous, it is the story of a young man's search for meaning amid a shallow consumerist landscape.
Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker, fills his days with movies and casual sex. His life offers him nothing worth retaining; what he treasures are scenes from The Third Man or Stagecoach, not the personal experiences he knows other people hold dear. On the cusp of turning thirty, however, something changes: At Mardi Gras, he embarks on a quest for some form of authentic experience. The consequences of Binx's quest, on both himself and his unstable cousin Kate, prove outrageous, absurd, moving, and indelible.
Featuring an afterword by Paul Elie, this new edition of The Moviegoer cements Walker Percy's place as a giant of American literature.
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ISBN: 9780374214524
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 January 2019
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Contributors:
- Afterword by Paul Elie
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Walker Percy was the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes in his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He lived in Covington, Louisiana, until his death in 1990.
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