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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ivy Books
Publication date
February 1, 1990
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780804102902
ISBN-10
0804102902
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.25 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$6.99
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Kate's desperate struggle to maintain her sanity forces Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "A curious, tender book, provocatively and intelligently imagined."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Binx Bolling is s 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, something that will measure and mark and hold his life forever against the passage of time. And one fateful Mardi Gras week, he finds it in a way, and with a woman, he would never have expected....
"A brilliant novel...Percy touches the rim of so many human mysteries."
HARPER'S
From the author of THE THANATOS SYNDROME.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Binx Bolling is s 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, something that will measure and mark and hold his life forever against the passage of time. And one fateful Mardi Gras week, he finds it in a way, and with a woman, he would never have expected....
"A brilliant novel...Percy touches the rim of so many human mysteries."
HARPER'S
From the author of THE THANATOS SYNDROME.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (June 1, 1961)
9780394437033 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Kate's desperate struggles to maintain her sanity force Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
About: Kate's desperate struggles to maintain her sanity force Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
Paperback
New edition from Methuen Pub Ltd (February 27, 2004)
9780413773272 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.35
About: The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning 30 and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961.
About: The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning 30 and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961.
New edition from Methuen Pub Ltd (May 1, 2003)
9780413772657 | details & prices | 256 pages | List price $21.55
About: The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning 30 and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961.
About: The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning 30 and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961.
from Vintage Books (May 1, 1998)
9780375701962 | details & prices | 241 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Kate's desperate struggle to maintain her sanity forces her cousin Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
About: Kate's desperate struggle to maintain her sanity forces her cousin Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
from Ballantine Books (August 1, 1996); titled "Moviegoer"
9780449911709 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $12.00
About: "A curious, tender book, provocatively and intelligently imagined.
About: "A curious, tender book, provocatively and intelligently imagined.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Ivy Books (February 1, 1990); titled "Moviegoer"
9780804102902 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $6.99
About: Kate's desperate struggle to maintain her sanity forces Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
About: Kate's desperate struggle to maintain her sanity forces Binx to relinquish his dreamworld
With Sandra Dallas |
Reissue edition from Avon Books (March 1, 1982)
9780380470761 | details & prices | List price $3.95
This edition also contains Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
About: Winner of the 1962 National Book Award and one of Time magazineâs 100 Best English-Language Novels, Walker Percyâs debut The Moviegoer is an American masterpiece and a classic of Southern literature.
This edition also contains Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
About: Winner of the 1962 National Book Award and one of Time magazineâs 100 Best English-Language Novels, Walker Percyâs debut The Moviegoer is an American masterpiece and a classic of Southern literature.
Cassette/Spoken Word
from Blackstone Audio Inc (April 1, 1993)
9780786103911 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $39.95
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613173872 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $20.45
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