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Hello and welcome to close reads. Part four of Walker Percy's book, The Moviegoer.

I am Tim McIntosh. And I am Heidi White. And we are so glad that you joined us for this fourth

episode on Walker Percy's award-winning book, winner of the 1962 National Book Award

and one of Time magazine's 100 Best English Language Novels. This is Walker Percy's debut

novel, The Moviegoer. Heidi, did you know

that Walker Percy, before getting this book published, failed in his attempt to get two previous

novels published? Did you know that? I did not know that. Go on. He was in his early 40s. He had written a couple of novels.

He had sent them out to presses, and they came back negative. And he had a wife in at least one

childhood. They eventually had two. And he had forsaken his career in the medicine, in medicine.

And now he was a failed novelist in his early 40s, and he had a house payment. He had a family,

and he was wondering what he was going to do. And fortunately, in 61, I think the book was accepted,

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