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Love in the Ruins

by Walker Percy

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Dr. Tom More has created a stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he embarks on an unforgettable odyssey to cure mankind's spiritual flu. This novel confronts both the value of life and its susceptibility to chance and ruin.

Walker Percy wrote several highly acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes in his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of his generation. He lived in Covington, Louisiana, until his death in 1990.

Dr. Tom More has created a miraculous instrument--the Ontological Lapsometer, a kind of stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he plans to cure mankind of its spiritual flu. Though scorned by the experts, Tom embarks on an outrageous odyssey to prove himself. But in attempting to save the world from destruction, our hero ultimately begins to understand what he can never really know--the value of life and its corresponding susceptibility to time, chance, and ruin.

A great adventure . . . So outrageous and so real, one is left speechless.--Chicago Sun Times

Immensely readable, vividly entertaining.--Los Angeles Times

Brilliant and hilarious . . . Some of the most fascinating characters you'll ever encounter.--Dallas Morning News

One of the major novels of our time.--Milwaukee Journal

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Dr. Tom More has created a stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he embarks on an unforgettable odyssey to cure mankind's spiritual flu. This novel confronts both the value of life and its susceptibility to chance and ruin.

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About the Author

Walker Percy is the author of over ten books, many of which were bestsellers, and he is regarded as one of the greatest American novelists of our time.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312243111
Author:
Percy, Walker
Author:
Percy
Publisher:
Picador USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Spiritual life
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one auth
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1999
Edition Description:
Trade Paperback
Series Volume:
105-207
Publication Date:
19990931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
5.50 x 8.25 in
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