Description
Author Walker Percy
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format Hardcover, protected in Brodart
condition very good former library book
Summary
In Lancelot, National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy delves into the psyche of a disillusioned Southern gentleman unraveling in a world he no longer understands. Told from the confines of a mental institution, Lancelot Lamar recounts his descent from affluence and routine into a chilling quest for moral purity and vengeance. As he confesses to a silent priest and former friend, Lancelot grapples with themes of infidelity, decay, and spiritual desolation, challenging the boundaries between sanity and madness. Percy’s dark and thought-provoking novel masterfully explores the existential crisis of a man who rejects the postmodern world's moral relativism in search of an unyielding truth—even if it means destruction. A bold departure from Percy’s earlier works, Lancelot confronts the reader with raw introspection and unsettling questions about justice, virtue, and the nature of evil.