Walker Percy
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
Love in the Ruins
by Walker Percy
3.9(3,356)
Dr. Tom More, using a miraculous stethoscope, diagnoses humanity's spiritual sickness, beginning a darkly comedic journey to heal souls before society collapses.
Lancelot
by Walker Percy
3.7(2,598)
A lawyer, institutionalized after learning of his wife's infidelity, seeks revenge by violently purging society's moral decay.
The Second Coming
by Walker Percy
4.0(2,117)
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.
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
3.7(24,684)
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.