The Second Coming
A Novel
Published on 29. March 2011
328 pages
978-1-4532-1628-6 (ISBN)
Description
A successful man's midlife crisis may just provide a twisted path to happiness in this New York Times-bestselling novel by the author of The Last Gentleman. Now in his late forties, Will Barrett lives a life other men only dream of. Wealthy from a successful career on Wall Street and from the inheritance of his deceased wife's estate, Will is universally admired at the club where he spends his days golfing in the North Carolina sun. But everything begins to unravel when, without warning, Will's golf shots begin landing in the rough, and he is struck with bouts of losing his balance and falling over. Just when Will appears doomed to share the fate of his father--whose suicide has haunted him his whole life--a mental hospital escapee named Allison might prove to be the only one who can save him. Original and profound, The Second Coming is a moving love story of two damaged souls who find peace with each other.
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Person
Walker Percy (1916-1990) was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was the oldest of three brothers in an established Southern family that contained both a Civil War hero and a U.S. senator. Acclaimed for his poetic style and moving depictions of the alienation of modern American culture, Percy was the bestselling author of six fiction titles-including the classic novel
The Moviegoer (1961), winner of the National Book Award-and fifteen works of nonfiction. In 2005,
Time magazinenamed
The Moviegoer as one of the best English-language books published since 1923.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Part One
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- Part Two
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- Biography
- Copyright Page
