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The Last Gentleman
The Last Gentleman
Author: Walker Percy
Williston Bibb Barrett is the last gentleman, a twenty-five-year-old wanderer from the South living in New York City with no plans for the future and detached roots from his past. The simple purchase of a telescope one summer day changes his life. For while searching for an elusive peregrine falcon in Central Park, Will accidentally spots a beau...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804103794
ISBN-10: 0804103798
Publication Date: 2/28/1989
Pages: 323
Edition: Reissue
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Publisher: Ivy Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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kathleenmarie avatar reviewed The Last Gentleman on + 91 more book reviews
Comical, heartbreaking, full of irony. The novel follows the adventures of Princeton dropout/exiled Southerner, Williston Bibb Barrett, on a whimsical, deeply moving journey through America. A romantic who falls madely in love with a women he first views through a telescope. Will is the last "gentleman", an unforgettable fictional character, a modern hero on a quest for home, identity and the meaning of life.


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