{"product_id":"the-moviegoer-by-walker-percy-9780374214524","title":"The Moviegoer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1962 National Book Award and one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels, Walker Percy's debut \u003ci\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBinx 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an afterword by Paul Elie, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/i\u003e cements Walker Percy's place as a giant of American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643370586348,"sku":"9780374214524","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a93a463e4efcc2b8f436f5ed3793b122.jpg?v=1779228075","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-moviegoer-by-walker-percy-9780374214524","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}