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The Moviegoer
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The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
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ASIN: 0375701966
Release Date: 1998-04-14
The Moviegoer
Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son (Library of Southern Civilization)
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Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son (Library of Southern Civilization)
William Alexander Percy
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ASIN: 0807100722
Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son (Library of Southern Civilization)
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
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Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Walker Percy
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ASIN: 0312253990
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Let the Bastards Go: From Cuba to Freedom on God's Mercy
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Joe Morris Doss , and Walker Percy
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Let the Bastards Go: From Cuba to Freedom on God's Mercy
Love in the Ruins
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Love in the Ruins
Walker Percy
Manufacturer: Picador
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The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do With the Other
Walker Percy
Manufacturer: Picador
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Signposts in a Strange Land: Essays
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Signposts in a Strange Land: Essays
Walker Percy
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The Last Gentleman: A Novel
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The Last Gentleman: A Novel
Walker Percy
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    		A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)
    John Kennedy Toole
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    		The Second Coming: A Novel
    Walker Percy
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