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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. 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.

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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.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374256746
Subtitle:
A Novel
Publisher:
Picador
Author:
Percy, Walker
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Men
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Psychiatric hospital patients
Subject:
Men -- Southern States -- Psychology -- Fiction.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. (SSA)
Publication Date:
19990913
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
8.46 x 5.78 x 1.25 in 1.26 lb
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