{"title":"Percy Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePercy Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts evocative stories that delve into the quiet complexities of everyday life. His works often explore the nuances of human relationships and the subtle tensions that shape personal identity within familiar settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly drawn characters and a contemplative narrative style that invites reflection on memory, place, and the passage of time. \u003cem\u003eMoviegoer\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies Walker’s ability to illuminate the ordinary with a thoughtful, literary touch.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"moviegoer-by-percy-walker-9780413773272","title":"Moviegoer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1961 National Book Award, \u003cem\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/em\u003e is the dazzling novel that established Walker Percy as one of the major voices in Southern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/em\u003e is Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker who surveys the world with the detached gaze of a Bourbon Street dandy even as he yearns for a spiritual redemption he cannot bring himself to believe in. On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, Binx Bolling is adrift in New Orleans. He occupies himself with dallying with his secretaries and going to movies, which provide him with the 'treasurable moments' lacking in his real life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut one fateful Mardi Gras, Binx embarks on a hare-brained search for authenticity that outrages his family, endangers his fragile cousin, Kate, and sends him reeling through the chaos of the French Quarter. Wry and wrenching, rich in irony and romance, \u003cem\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/em\u003e combines Bourbon Street elegance with the spiritual urgency of a Russian novel in a genuine American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67711536136428,"sku":"9780413773272","price":32.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780413773272-moviegoer-1.jpg?v=1791846033"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/percy-walker.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}