The Last Gentleman

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.

Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 09/04/1999
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780312243081

About the Author

Walker Percy is the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes in his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. He lived in Covington, Louisiana, until his death in 1990.