id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-909 The Moviegoer - Wikipedia .html text/html 1433 174 77 The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.[2] It won the U.S. National Book Award.[3] Time included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005".[4] In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Moviegoer sixtieth on its list of the hundred best English-language novels of the twentieth century. The novel is heavily influenced by the existentialist themes of authors like Søren Kierkegaard, whom Percy read extensively. The Moviegoer tells the story of Jack "Binx" Bolling, a young stock-broker in postwar New Orleans. John Bickerson "Binx" Bolling, called Jack by his aunt, but Binx by friends, Is one week short of his 30th birthday at the start of the book. "First Edition Points to identify The Moviegoer by Walker Percy". ^ The Moviegoer: Walker Percy: 9780375701962: Amazon.com: Books The Moviegoer by Walker Percy (1962) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-909.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-909.txt