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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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
The first sign that something had gone wrong manifested itself while he was playing golf.
Errata edit
Author is Walker Percy, not Percy Walker
Authors & Contributors edit
- Walker Percy (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Country: England
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0436366649
Page Count: 366
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Country: England
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0436366649
Page Count: 366
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1980: Fiction)
- PEN/Faulkner Award (Finalist, 1981: Fiction)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (1980: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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