Description
Will Barrett is a 25-year-old wanderer from the South living in New York City, detached from his roots and with no plans for the future, until the purchase of a telescope sets off a romance and changes his life forever.
Author: Walker Percy
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 09/04/1999
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780312243081
ISBN10: 0312243081
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | American | 21st Century
About the Author
Walker Percy is the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes in his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. He lived in Covington, Louisiana, until his death in 1990.