The Fisher King

by Leonore Fleischer

A successful radio DJ unwittingly incites a psychopath to murder. Devastated, he renounces his former life and sinks into despair. Then he meets Parry, a former professor of medieval history, now a bum searching for the Holy Grail in New York. Their lives become entwined.

Jack Lucas is a man who has always looked down at life from the top. He is the menace of Manhattan's airwaves, the city's No.1 shock-DJ, but his off-handed arrogance triggers an incident that derails him from the fast track onto a precipitous decline through the looking-glass into a whole other world he never imagined... into Parry's world.
Once a professor of medieval history, Parry lives in a remarkable world of his own creation in order to insulate himself from a tragedy in his past. He now sees a singular New York and has the charismatic ability to permit others to see the world as he does - full of turrets and castles, terrifying red knights and damsels in distress.
Drawn to this unlikely saviour, Jack sets off on a heroic quest through the streets of New York to help realize Parry's noblest dream and redeem himself.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Leonore Fleischer has written more than fifty novelizations of films. She and her five cats live in Upstate New York.