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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

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The first sign that something had gone wrong manifested itself while he was playing golf.

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Author is Walker Percy, not Percy Walker

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  1. Walker Percy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Country: England
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0436366649
Page Count: 366

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