The Untidy Pilgrim

by Eugene F. Walter

Book Overview

"A zanier bunch of characters has seldom been collected between the covers of a novel. And yet, eccentric though they may be, it is impossible not to love them."--New York Times

Eugene Walter's first novel, and winner of the 1954 Lippincott Fiction Prize for Young Novelists, is about a young man from a small central Alabama town who goes south of the "salt line" to Mobile to work in a bank and study law. As soon as this unnamed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817311432
• ISBN13: 9780817311438
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A great Southern novel

I loved this book. The cast of characters can't be beat and the description of life in Mobile at the time made me think how different it is now, but how it hasn't changed at the same time. Anyone who read "Milking the Moon" should read this as well - I'd recommend reading it afterwards so you can appreciate Walter's view of the world.