Walker Percy

4 summariesLiterary Fiction, Philosophy, Spirituality

Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction.

Books by Walker Percy

4 books available

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
3.7 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Amidst the boisterous spectacle of Mardi Gras, a disillusioned New Orleans stockbroker seeks authentic meaning beyond the silver screen and the inherited emptiness of his Southern life.
Love in the Ruins
Walker Percy
3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality
Dr. Tom More, using a miraculous stethoscope, diagnoses humanity's spiritual sickness, beginning a darkly comedic journey to heal souls before society collapses.
Lancelot
Walker Percy
3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A lawyer, institutionalized after learning of his wife's infidelity, seeks revenge by violently purging society's moral decay.
The Second Coming
Walker Percy
4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A suicidal widower's search for divine proof takes a wild turn when he meets an escapee finding new life, and perhaps salvation, in a greenhouse.