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In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existential questioning, scientific investigation, the insight of the southern stoic, and authentic religious faith to produce a singular view of humanity's...

In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existential questioning, scientific investigation, the insight of the southern stoic, and authentic religious faith to produce a singular view of humanity's...

When Dugan Byrnes saw the fishing boat moving slowly into the Pacific sunset, backwards, his natural curiosity was stoked. Recounted the incident to other patrons of Harry's Beach Bar and Night Club, he came to learn of other curious events in the local waters. Gradually the Pismo Eight is formed, a variegated group of young and old seekers committed to the health of the ocean, who combine their talents to find the source of the mysterious events and reveal it to the the general public. At the dramatic climax during the annual Clam Festival in Pismo Beach, the local community and people...