The Second Coming

Percy, Walker

ISBN 10: 0374256748 ISBN 13: 9780374256746

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1980

Language: English

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Octavo, 359 pages. Stated first printing. Orange cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear, with jacket in a clear protective cover. An attractive copy.

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Title

The Second Coming

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY

Publication Date

1980

Language

English

ISBN 10

0374256748

ISBN 13

9780374256746

Binding

Cloth

Edition

1st Printing.

Condition

Collectible Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

very good

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Widower Will Barrett of Linwood, North Carolina, finds his way out of death-in-life with the help of Allison, the girl in the greenhouse

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"Splendid...a beautifully textured novel...a distinguished work of art.... Walker Percy's perception luminously lights up obscure depths of experience without at the same time explaining that experience away."--"The New York Times Book Review"""
"What a pleasure . . . His best nook since "The Moviegoer" . . . and among the most admirable American novels of the past few years."--"The New Republic"
"He is a beguiling, uniquely gifted novelist who deserves to be read in order and in full."--"Newsweek"

Splendid...a beautifully textured novel...a distinguished work of art.... Walker Percy's perception luminously lights up obscure depths of experience without at the same time explaining that experience away. "The New York Times Book Review"

What a pleasure . . . His best nook since "The Moviegoer" . . . and among the most admirable American novels of the past few years. "The New Republic"

He is a beguiling, uniquely gifted novelist who deserves to be read in order and in full. "Newsweek""

"What a pleasure . . . His best nook since The Moviegoer . . . and among the most admirable American novels of the past few years." --The New Republic

"He is a beguiling, uniquely gifted novelist who deserves to be read in order and in full." --Newsweek

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