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Dr. Tom More has created a stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he embarks on an unforgettable odyssey to cure mankind's spiritual flu. This novel confronts both the value of life and its susceptibility to chance and ruin.
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"A great adventure...So outrageous and so real, one is left speechless." --Chicago Sun-Times
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"A comedy of love against a field of anarchy...Percy is easily one of the finest writers we have." --New York Times Book Review
"Immensely readable, vividly entertaining." --Los Angeles Times
"Brilliant and hilarious...some of the most fascinating characters you'll ever encounter." --Dallas Morning News
"One of the major novels of our time." --Milwaukee Journal
Dr. Tom More has created a miraculous instrument -- the Ontological Lapsometer, a kind of stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he plans to cure mankind's spiritual flu. Though scorned by the experts, Tom embarks on an outrageous odyssey to prove himself. Attempting to save the world from destruction, Tom ultimately begins to understand what he can never really know -- the quality and caprices of life and the uncontrollable vagaries of time and chance.
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- PublisherAvon Books
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0380389843
- ISBN 13 9780380389841
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- Number of pages379
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Love In the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World.
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Book Description Mass Market Paperback. First Edition Thus (1978); First Printing, So Stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications very careful use; a couple of tiny, very faint stress creases to the lower corner tips; the expected tanning to the text pages, due to aging; mild rubbing to the panels; faint sun-blanching to the red-tinted top edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip, though there are some of the often-seen wrinkles, apparently formed during production. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches). 256 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5.7 ounces. First Edition Thus (1975), Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Walker Percy, Obl.S.B. (1916 1990) was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; the first, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. He devoted his literary life to the exploration of "the dislocation of man in the modern age". His work displays a combination of existential questioning, Southern sensibility, and deep Catholic faith. He had a lifelong friendship with author and historian Shelby Foote and spent much of his life in Covington, Louisiana. "Love In the Ruins" was his third novel, and may have more relevance now than when he wrote it in 1971. His comedic portrait of a world gone mad with extremists, from Knotheads to Bantus, fits with today's "partisan" divide in so many ways. As in all his novels and non-fiction he focuses on the existential wayfarer trying to make his/her way among flawed fellow human beings, guided by a sense of humor and shrewd character judgement. One of my favorite writers of all time. Try "Lost in the Cosmos" non-fiction when you're finished reading Love in the Ruins. First Edition Thus (1978); First Printing, So Stated. Seller Inventory # 54578
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Percy, Walker LOVE IN THE RUINS New York, NY: Avon Books 1978 VG 379pp. 12mo. Cover is age toned with a few small stains and creasing along the spine. Text is age toned but easily legible and otherwise clean. Binding remains strong. Overall book has stood the test of time very well. Seller Inventory # 019053
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