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Paperback Books by Walker Percy
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| Lancelot |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| Confined in the Institute for Aberrant Behavior, Lancelot Andrewes Lamar, scion of a distinguished Southern family and disenchanted liberal lawyer, tells a psychiatrist-priest of his efforts to prove his wife's infidelity and his decision to... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 1999 |
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| Love in the Ruins |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| Subtitled "The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World,' Percy’s third novel (winner of the 1971 National Catholic Book Award) takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. The comic plot involves a... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 1999 |
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| The Second Coming |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| Widower Will Barrett of Linwood, North Carolina, and Allison Vaught--two alienated souls both questioning their faith in God--together heal one another and return to a Christian community that rejects their methods of healing |
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| Publication Date: September 1999 |
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| The Thanatos Syndrome |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| Dr. Tom More investigates a sudden outbreak of unusual behavior in Feliciana, Louisiana, and uncovers a criminal experiment to 'improve' behavior patterns through the secret use of durgs in the local water supply |
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| Publication Date: September 1999 |
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| The Last Gentleman |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| Percy’s second novel is the comic tale of Will Barrett, a Candide-like young innocent working at Macy’s in New York City, who falls in love with Kitty Vaught. He accompanies her and her bizarre family to her Southern home, then... Read More |
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| Publication Date: July 1999 |
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| The Moviegoer |
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| by Walker Percy |
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| The late author's classic novel, a winner of the National Book Award, follows a young New Orleans stockbroker who resorts to movies to fill his life on a hare-brained quest during Mardi Gras. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT. |
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| Publication Date: May 1998 |
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