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The Second Coming - by Walker Percy & Percy (Paperback)

Name: The Second Coming - by Walker Percy & Percy (Paperback)
Brand: St. Martins Press-3PL
SKU: 90809437
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Will Barrett (also the hero of Percy's The Last Gentleman) is a lonely widower suffering from a depression so severe that he decides he doesn't want to continue living.
About the Author: Walker Percy wrote several books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome.
368 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics

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About the Book

Will Barrett is a lonely widower suffering from a depression so severe that he decides he doesn't want to continue living. But then he meets Allison, a mental hospital escapee making a new life for herself in a greenhouse.

Book Synopsis

Will Barrett (also the hero of Percy's The Last Gentleman) is a lonely widower suffering from a depression so severe that he decides he doesn't want to continue living. But then he meets Allison, a mental hospital escapee making a new life for herself in a greenhouse. The Second Coming is by turns touching and zany, tragic and comic, as Will sets out in search of God's existence and winds up finding much more.

Review Quotes

"Splendid...a beautifully textured novel...a distinguished work of art.... Walker Percy's perception luminously lights up obscure depths of experience without at the same time explaining that experience away." --The New York Times Book Review

"What a pleasure . . . His best nook since The Moviegoer . . . and among the most admirable American novels of the past few years." --The New Republic

"He is a beguiling, uniquely gifted novelist who deserves to be read in order and in full." --Newsweek

About the Author

Walker Percy wrote several books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes during his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. He died in 1990.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.01 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 368

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Classics

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

Format: Paperback

Author: Walker Percy & Percy

Language: English

Street Date: September 13, 1999

TCIN: 90809437

UPC: 9780312243241

Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-3159

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.01 pounds

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