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        The Moviegoer


        setting

        New Orleans, Louisiana

        time

        Post-WW II

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1960

        page count

        240

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Binx Bolling, Kate

        Rip's impressions

        Binx is a very likeable character. The novel describes what living in a suburb of New Orleans was like; it does not focus around Bourbon Street, which has captured so much popular attention in the public's imagination.

        first line

        This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. I know what this means.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

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