Why it endured
Walker Percy's 1961 novel about a New Orleans stockbroker who finds more meaning in the movies than in his own life — until a family crisis forces him to confront what he's been avoiding. A quiet masterpiece of existential fiction.
What they're saying
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Ryan HolidayAuthor & Stoic philosopher
“I’ll go reread a favorite novel, such as A Man in Full or The Moviegoer or Memoirs of Hadrian.”