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The Last Gentleman

Walker Percy

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • Publish Date: Sep 4th, 1999
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.30in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9780312243081
  • Categories: ClassicsLiteraryWorld Literature - American - 21st Century

About the Author

Percy, Walker: - Walker Percy wrote several books, many of them bestsellers, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. His books include The Moviegoer and Love in the Ruins.

Praise for this book

"Brilliant...It shimmers with the chaste and civilized ornaments of irony, understatement, and compassion." --Time