The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
Literary Fiction
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
—· 241 p· 1961
Pulitzer Prize20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonphilosophicalreflective
Overview
About
Kate's desperate struggles to maintain her sanity force Binx to relinquish his dreamworld.
Pages
241
Secker and Warburg
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Existential Inquiry10
Prose9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Southern Social Atmosphere7
Pacing5
Plot twists4
Worldbuilding3
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