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The Moviegoer
Contributor(s): Percy, Walker (Author), Hurt, Christopher (Read by)
ISBN: 0786196629     ISBN-13: 9780786196623
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats
Published: June 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs)
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - Gulf Coast
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
A winner of the National Book Award, The Moviegoer established Walker Percy as an insightful and grimly humorous storyteller. It is the tale of Binx Bolling, a small-time stockbroker who lives quietly in suburban New Orleans, pursuing an interest in the movies, affairs with his secretaries, and living out his days. But soon he finds himself on a "search" for something more important, some spiritual truth to anchor him. Binx's life floats casually along until one fateful Mardi Gras week, when a bizarre series of events leads him to his unlikely salvation. In his half brother Lonnie, who is confined to a wheelchair and soon to die, and his stepcousin Kate, whose predicament is even more ominous, Binx begins to find the sort of "certified reality" that had eluded him everywhere but at the movies. Wry and wrenching, rich in irony and romance, The Moviegoer is a genuine American classic.

Contributor Bio(s): Percy, Walker: -

Walker Percy (1916-1990) went to medical school and interned at Bellevue, intending to be a psychiatrist. After a bout with tuberculosis, he married and converted to Catholicism. He became a writer and his first novel, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award and has never been out of print. He lived with his wife in Covington, Louisiana, where they operated a bookstore until his death.

Hurt, Christopher: -

Christopher Hurt is an accomplished narrator with a lengthy resume of popular titles for Blackstone. A graduate of George Washington University's acting program, he currently resides in New York City.