Lancelot Lamar is a disenchanted lawyer who finds himself confined in a mental asylum with memories that don't seem worth remembering. It all began the day he accidentally discovered he was not the father of his youngest daughter, a discovery which sent Lancelot on modern quest to reverse the degeneration of America. Percy's novel reveals a shining knight for the modern age--a knight not of romance, but of revenge. Walker Percy wrote several highly acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers "The Moviegoer" and "The Thanatos Syndrome." He was awarded numerous prizes in his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of his generation. He lived in Covington, Louisiana, until his death in 1990. Lancelot Lamar is a disenchanted lawyer who finds himself confined in a mental asylum with memories that don't seem worth recalling. It all began the day he accidentally discovered he was not the father of his youngest daughter, a discovery which sent Lancelot on a modern-day quest to reverse the degeneration of America. Percy's novel reveals a shining knight for our own life and times--a knight not of romance, but of revenge. "A funny and scarifying jeremiad . . . Easy to read and hard to forget."--"Time" "Eloquent, reckless, hilarious . . . Plunges forward through tawdry bedroom mysteries toward a final grand puzzle."--"The Washington Post Book World"
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