The Moviegoer
- ISBN-10
- 0413773272
- ISBN-13
- 9780413773272
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Author
- Walker Percy
Description
The dazzling novel, written in 1961, that established Walker Percy as one of the major voices in Southern literature is now available for the first time in Vintage paperback edition. "A brilliant novel. . . . . Percy touches the rim of so many human mysteries"--"Harper's".
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