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Postmodern Novels of the South Discussion: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy


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Author and publisher Jon Sealy joins us this week as we dive deep into a discussion of The Moviegoer.  We talk about the influence of Kierkegaard on the novel, the writer as a diagnostician of modern life, and why this book is categorized as a postmodern southern novel.
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This is the last novel in our Postmodern Novels of the South series. We previously read Swamplandia! and A Confederacy of Dunces which you can find in our archives. Next week, we will wrap up the Postmodern Novels of the South series before moving on to our next series, Transhumanist Sci-Fi. 
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