num_pages: 323
description: Williston Bibb Barrett is the last gentleman, a twenty-five-year-old wanderer from the South living in New York City with no plans for the future and detached roots from his past. The simple purchase of a telescope one summer day changes his life. For while searching for an elusive peregrine falcon in Central Park, Will accidentally spots a beautiful young woman and falls madly and hopelessly in love. And so begins the last gentleman's quest for home, identity, and the meaning of contemporary life.
language: English
title: The Last Gentleman
titlecomplete: The Last Gentleman
genres: Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, American, Novels, Catholic, Southern, Fiction, Classics, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 2466
series: The Last Gentleman
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Ivy Books