Percy, Walker
The Moviegoer (FSG Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780374214524
- author:
- Percy, Walker
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 21 x 13.7 centimetres (0.24 kg)
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
Walker Percy's The Moviegoer is a thought-provoking novel that explores the search for meaning in a consumerist world. Binx Bolling, a young stockbroker, finds solace in movies and casual relationships, but his life is turned upside down when he embarks on a quest for authentic experience at Mardi Gras. This new edition of the novel features an afterword by Paul Elie, cementing Walker Percy's place as a giant of American literature.
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