The Moviegoer

Name: The Moviegoer
Author: Walter Percy

by Walter Percy

Existential novel following moviegoing salesman searching for authentic meaning in New Orleans

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Walter Percy

Walker Percy was a Southern Catholic existentialist whose comic and tragic novels diagnosed the spiritual emptiness of modern American life. The Moviegoer, his debut, won the National Book Award and launched a major career.

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