| Edition |
First FSG Classics edition. |
| Description |
253 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
FSG classics.
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| Note |
Originally published in 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker, fills his days with movies and casual sex. His life offers him nothing worth retaining; what he treasures are scenes from The Third Man or Stagecoach, not the personal experiences he knows other people hold dear. On the cusp of turning thirty, however, something changes: At Mardi Gras, he embarks on a quest for some form of authentic experience. The consequences of Binx's quest, on both himself and his unstable cousin Kate, prove outrageous, absurd, moving, and indelible. |
| Subject |
Young men -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Psychology -- Fiction.
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Stockbrokers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Elie, Paul, 1965- writer of afterword.
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| ISBN |
0374214522 (paperback) |
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9780374214524 (paperback) |
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