The Thanatos Syndrome - Hardcover

Percy, Walker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374273545 ISBN 13: 9780374273545

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987

Synopsis

Dr. Tom More investigates a sudden outbreak of unusual behavior in Feliciana, Louisiana, and uncovers a criminal experiment to "improve" behavior patterns through the secret use of drugs in the local water supply

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Review:

"There is ample evidence of Percy's brilliance in "The Thanatos Syndrome" - the droll Dixie anthropology, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the sheer intelligence everywhere on the page.... It is splendidly, uproariously catholic, as well." --Douglas Bauer, "Atlantic Monthly"
There is ample evidence of Percy's brilliance in "The Thanatos Syndrome" - the droll Dixie anthropology, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the sheer intelligence everywhere on the page.... It is splendidly, uproariously catholic, as well. "Douglas Bauer, Atlantic Monthly""

"There is ample evidence of Percy's brilliance in The Thanatos Syndrome - the droll Dixie anthropology, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the sheer intelligence everywhere on the page.... It is splendidly, uproariously catholic, as well." --Douglas Bauer, Atlantic Monthly

About the Author:

Walker Percy is the author of over ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Moviegoer and The Thanatos Syndrome. He was awarded numerous prizes during his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered to be one of the greatest American writers of our time. He died in 1990.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0374273545
• ISBN 13: 9780374273545
• Binding: Hardcover