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"A funny and scarifying jeremiad . . . Easy to read and hard to forget."--"Time"
"Eloquent, reckless, hilarious . . . plunges forward through tawdry bedroom mysteries toward a final grand puzzle."--"Washington Post Book World"
"Eloquent, reckless, hilarious . . . plunges forward through tawdry bedroom mysteries toward a final grand puzzle."--"Washington Post Book World"
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Lancelot Lamar is a disenchanted lawyer who finds himself confined in a mental asylum with memories that don't seem worth remembering. It all began the day he accidentally discovered he was not the father of his youngest daughter, a discovery which sent Lancelot on modern quest to reverse the degeneration of America. Percy's novel reveals a shining knight for the modern age--a knight not of romance, but of revenge.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Walker Percy immediately became my favorite author after I read this novel. I subsequently embarked on a quest to read every word the man had written. Percy presents the ultimate choice to any moral person living in this age: It will be Lancelot's way or Percival's. Find out which suits you . . .
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Percy's flawless style plunges the reader, from the get go, into the hospital cell with the protagonist. His repetition serves to enhance the suspense of the novel's plot without frustrating the reader in the process. A powerful, accurate look at modern America, it should be recommended for any anyone feeling the least bit malcontent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I can overlook that Percy basically stole Machado De Assis' "Don Casmurro," but only because the latter tackles such difficult issues, and is a VERY difficult read. And yet, Percy pulls it off. Just as we begin sympathizing with Lancelot, we're sprung forward again from our LAZ-E-BOY recliners and are reminded of the reality of his actions. I kinda wish Percy hadn't written the book in Second Person, as if WE were the therapist or something, but if THAT'S what it takes to reassure us that WE'RE not mad, so be it. A very uncomfortable, un-pretty, DISTURBING read -- worth the effort, but hard to recommend to anyone else.
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I hope no one's forgotten that Lancelot is a nutcase
Well, I can't deny that this is a great book, but it kind of worries me that certain other reviewers seem to be taking Lancelot's statements at face value... Read more
Published on 8 Jun 1998
Savage and beautiful
This belongs in the highest tier of American fiction. Only Walker Percy could have distilled this masterpiece from the rotting Southern gentry and the moral rot of the... Read more
Published on 27 May 1998
Percys most underrated book
I loved this book. It said it all. I am surprised it does not recieve more attention.
Published on 17 April 1997
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