Fiction Of Walker Percy

"Percy under the microscope—analyzed, probed, dissected, criticized, and praised. The result, an in-depth inquiry into characters found in five novels and the world they inhabit, is an intriguing juxtaposition of what Percy, Hardy, and still other Percy scholars have had to say about the work of a contemporary literary figure. An extensive introduction, numerous explanatory notes, and a five-page bibliography round out this tour through a fictional realm, much of it rooted in Walker Percy's real world of Catholicism, the Deep South, medicine, race relations, and man's never-ending struggle with inner urges and external pressures, those mundane everyday concerns we all must deal with. Not afraid to use the pronoun 'I' and express personal opinion, Hardy takes the reader on an often-fascinating journey as he demonstrates linkage among author, Binx Boiling, Will Barrett, Lance Lámar, and Tom More." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)