A protagonist from this city cherishes a memory of being shot in the shoulder during the Korean War and is Binx Bolling, the protagonist of The Moviegoer.
A protagonist from this city cherishes a memory of being shot in the shoulder during the Korean War and is Binx Bolling, the protagonist of The Moviegoer. Walker Percy, that novel's author, helped publish a novel about a man in this city who complains about his pyloric valve and evokes the goddess Fortuna as part of his fascination with Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. Another character moves to this city after losing a job as a (*) teacher as well as Belle Rive plantation and is later assaulted by Stanley Kowalski. For 10 points, name this city home to Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist of John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces, as well as Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire.
A protagonist from this city cherishes a memory of being shot in the shoulder during the Korean War and is Binx Bolling, the protagonist of The Moviegoer.
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