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...LAST GENTLEMAN, by Walker Percy. A meditative novel by a talented Southern writer (The Movie-Goer) about a young Southerner whose daydreams provide the meaning he cannot find in life...
...LAST GENTLEMAN, by Walker Percy. A meditative novel by a meditative Southern novelist, about a young Southerner whose daydreams provide the meaning he cannot find in life...
...LAST GENTLEMAN, by Walker Percy. In this chaste and witty fable, Walker Percy surpasses his earlier achievement in The Moviegoer, and tells how a bright, likable young Southerner settles up with his idealism by settling down to ordinary life...
...supervise the search," the Tunku even sent Malaysia's chief of protocol, Enche Abdul Rahman Jallal, rushing to the scene. Upon arrival, he surprised newsmen with his theory that Lim Yew Hock had perhaps "tripped on a stone, and is now being cared for by some kindly gentleman who does not yet know...
...material to get a laugh. In fact, he was responsible for the biggest clean joke in theater history. As a speakeasy waiter in the 1927 musical Manhattan Mary, he hovered over a gangster who asked him what there was to eat. "Jelly roll," suggested the comedian, "or perhaps the gentleman would like some nice ladyfingers." "Ladyfingers!" roared the gunsel. "My God, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" Whereupon Wynn ran offstage and returned leading a full-grown sway-backed horse. It was almost a minute before the audience was quiet enough to hear Wynn...