false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170908551m/77954.jpg 77954 9 Will Barrett (also the hero of Percy's The Last Gentleman) is a lonely widower suffering from a depression so severe that he decides he doesn't want to continue living. But then he meets Allison, a mental hospital escapee making a new life for herself in a greenhouse. The Second Coming is by turns touching and zany, tragic and comic, as Will sets out in search of God's existence and winds up finding much more. 2409163 1980 The Second Coming: A Novel total:399|5:102|4:171|3:100|2:22|1:4| 399 1542 546 27 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:03:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:59:10 -0700 2009
Percy is a keen observer of the world and the book contains some fascinating descriptions of ordinaty ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:33:47 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 00:11:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Jan 27 22:37:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 01:59:36 -0800 2009
The Second Coming deals with many of the same issues that Percy's other works deal wi...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:27:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:30:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 10 22:55:07 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 05 00:05:47 -0800 2009 1
From the moment Will Barrett collapses on a Linwood, North Carolina golf course in the first chapter, it's apparent that he is a man in dire need of something that he's not getting, despite the fact that he is an athlet...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Mar 21 08:14:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 12:27:56 -0700 2008
Longer Review: If somebody recommends this book (or any other of his books) to you, rest assured that that he will one day soon try to convince you that the Eagles really are rock n' roll. Afterwards, he will probably inflict some of his ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 14:58:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:45:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:58:14 -0700 2009
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