John Kennedy Toole, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master”s degree in English from Columbia University. He taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College in New Orleans. His only other novel,
The Neon Bible, is also published by Grove Press.
15 Ebooks by Walker Percy
John Kennedy Toole: A Confederacy of Dunces
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces …
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€17.99
Walker Percy: Der Kinogeher
Die Filmbesuche des Kinogehers lassen sich nicht als triviale Zerstreuung verstehen, sie offenbaren ihm die Einsamkeit und Hilflosigkeit seiner Suche. Doch jene Suchen, von denen die Filme erzählen, …
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€18.99
Walker Percy: Love in the Ruins
A “brilliant and hilarious” novel of the end times in America and one psychiatrist’s quest to save mankind, from a New York Times–bestselling author (Dallas Morning News).  …
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€19.31
Walker Percy: Lancelot
‘;A modern knight-errant on a quest after evil; grotesque, convincing and chilling.’ The New York Times Book Review Fed up with the excesses of the 1970s, Lancelot Andrews Lamar, a liberal lawyer and …
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€19.32
Walker Percy: Last Gentleman
National Book Award Finalist: A lonely Southerner forges a surprising bond with a New York family in this “brilliant” novel by the author of The Moviegoer (Time). Will Barrett has ne …
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€19.27
Walker Percy: Second Coming
A successful man’s midlife crisis may just provide a twisted path to happiness in this New York Timesbestselling novel by the author of The Last Gentleman.Now in his late forties, Will Barrett lives …
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€20.53
Walker Percy: Thanatos Syndrome
Percy’s stirring sequel to Love in the Ruins follows Tom More’s redemptive mission to cure the mysterious ailment afflicting the residents of his hometown Dr. Tom More returns to his parish in Louisi …
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€19.25
Walker Percy: Lost in the Cosmos
‘;A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke … to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess.’ (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Filled with quizzes, ess …
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€19.29
Walker Percy: Signposts in a Strange Land
Writings on the South, Catholicism, and more from the National Book Award winner: “His nonfiction is always entertaining and enlightening” (Library Journal). Published just after W …
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€19.29
Walker Percy: Message in the Bottle
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Moviegoer: “These essays . . . have a way of quickening the spirit and cleansing the sight” (The New Republic). Be …
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€19.27
Walker Percy: Last Gentleman and The Second Coming
Now in one volume, two novels from the National Book Award winner that follow the life of a Southern man searching for love and connection. In The Last Gentleman, Will Barrett has never felt at …
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€32.23
Walker Percy: Love in the Ruins and The Thanatos Syndrome
A pair of profound dystopian novels from the “brilliantly breathtaking” New York Times–bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of The Moviegoer (The New York Times …
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€27.06
Walker Percy: Message in the Bottle and Lost in the Cosmos
Two fascinating philosophical inquiries from the “dazzlingly gifted” New York Times–bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of The Moviegoer (USA Today). Win …
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€36.06
Percy Walker: Mirajul fericirii
Aparent, Binx Bolling le are pe toate: la numai 30 de ani este un broker de succes, are bani, mașină, iar femeile mor după el. Cu toate acestea, viața lui pare lipsită de sens, un sens pe care-l găse …
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€6.71
Frederick S. Ellis: St. Tammany Parish
A good local history is an excellent and agreeable thing. It pleases on two counts. It satisfies the curiosity of the inhabitants of a region, whether newcomers or old settlers, especially if no adeq …
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€19.21
